tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post3080031532504877620..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : 5 quotationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-85669775386025248192017-07-14T17:13:31.838+03:002017-07-14T17:13:31.838+03:00Nobility has absolutely nothing to do with financi...Nobility has absolutely nothing to do with financial status (at least in Romania, but I think it's equally valid in Spain and other places where the nobility wasn't wiped out, like in France or Russia). If you meet any people remaining from the aristocratic families in Romania (very few left), you will be struck by the class and the ease with which they demonstrate that class (without trying); but they will likely be pretty poor, especially the older ones.TheVidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344788573052372170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-72760220852770800082017-07-14T09:19:35.718+03:002017-07-14T09:19:35.718+03:00American writer and satirist HL Mencken: “Democrac...American writer and satirist HL Mencken: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”<br /><br />DanteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-28608005681091160172017-07-12T22:33:52.129+03:002017-07-12T22:33:52.129+03:00Uncouth...Uncouth...Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-12510387149394152932017-07-12T19:57:44.265+03:002017-07-12T19:57:44.265+03:00No she meant they were different from the sort of ...No she meant they were different from the sort of people she mixed with.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-73058208564400873932017-07-12T19:44:36.540+03:002017-07-12T19:44:36.540+03:00'normal people' is a literal translation o... 'normal people' is a literal translation of 'oameni normali'...What she meant to tell you is 'they're all right'<br /><br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-42171913752869715132017-07-12T16:59:45.830+03:002017-07-12T16:59:45.830+03:00That was fun!
I took a friend of mine to a barbecu...That was fun!<br />I took a friend of mine to a barbecue given by an acquaintance and his wife in the garden of their little terraced house in a gated estate in North Bucharest and she said afterwards that they were 'normal people'. This was something she didn't mean as an insult but she rightly considered normal people as a different species from hers. I am ashamed to say that she had to explain what she meant. Once I'd have understood immediately.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-5160087064412816082017-07-12T15:48:44.640+03:002017-07-12T15:48:44.640+03:00He might have meant 'common' as in:
https...He might have meant 'common' as in:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFMTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-4625104544042388652017-07-12T15:20:21.262+03:002017-07-12T15:20:21.262+03:00I use the expression in England but not in Romania...I use the expression in England but not in Romania. For me Romanians are never ordinary.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-88885431592534676282017-07-11T20:35:53.226+03:002017-07-11T20:35:53.226+03:00NEVER vote for, do business with or be pleasant to...NEVER vote for, do business with or be pleasant to anyone who uses the words 'ordinary people'<br /><br /> Michael BywaterTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com