I was told by an Italian restaurant owner who had one employee from Romania that modern Romanian language is very similar to Italia - she could understand most of what he was telling.
Vlad the Impaler still has a more neutral-to-positive reputation in Romania because of that. In Vlad's defense, I may not support his Muslim-killing policy, but I absolutely support his boyar-killing policy!
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Explanation: Romania DOES, in fact, get its name from the fact that Romans used to live there. Wild!
Great. Now I'm wondering if we're mispronouncing Romania or Roman ....
I was told by an Italian restaurant owner who had one employee from Romania that modern Romanian language is very similar to Italia - she could understand most of what he was telling.
I worked with an engineer who is Romanian and she told me the same thing.
It's like finding out they've been hiding a whole extra romance language in the basement this whole time.
Romanians, a long time ago, once made the ottoman empire scared because they spiked too many people. Wild stuff.
Vlad the Impaler still has a more neutral-to-positive reputation in Romania because of that. In Vlad's defense, I may not support his Muslim-killing policy, but I absolutely support his boyar-killing policy!
I mean, it's a cave with a bear in it. Wtf else would they call it...??
Oh you meant— sigh.
....Actually now that I think about it, shouldn't it be Cave Bear Cave?