Thursday, November 30, 2006

Boldog Nevnapom

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Or should that be Nevnapomot? Anyway, today is my "name day", a fact which passes me by everywhere else but here, where these thin...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

I'm still here

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Apologies for the huge lack of activity here of late. Been pretty busy writing stuff, driving back and forth to Cluj (for some reason the N...
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Friday, November 17, 2006

Most famous Hungarian dies

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RIP Puskás Ferenc. To most non-Hungarians I know, Puskás was almost synonymous with the nation, and for most outsiders (from footballing n...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Ardeal Meals

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I am seized by a hunger to post about food and drink here, and so to kick off I thought I'd do a little bit about meals and what they in...
Friday, November 10, 2006

See that hole in the middle?

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While looking for some info on this Romanian Academy yesterday, I came across the following photo, which shows the regions where Romania is ...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Language by committee

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Romania, in common with many European countries, has some form of national academy which decides on how the Romanian language should develop...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

In the Kingdom of the Bland

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I got a very nice email from a Danish bloke called Hans-Christian (his last name isn't Andersen, you'll be saddened to learn), compl...
Monday, November 06, 2006

A Dreaded Snowy Day

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November 1st is the day of the dead. This is not a festival that is celebrated in the UK, possibly that's because we're an irreligi...
Monday, October 30, 2006

Fall Back

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I hate it when the clocks go back. Not the act of putting them back so much, or the day itself (though I also reject this weird conceptual ...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

4 tier Europe?

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I remember a few years ago there was talk of having a two tier EU. There would be the countries that believed in it and wanted to work toge...
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