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Rāzvan's response is less easy to fathom, because he has acquired that ubiquitous, strangulated, mid-Atlantic speech pattern, wherein every utterance ends in a chilled-out, rock-star gasp. It sounds not so much American, as Americroak, presumably because life is one long drag, sometimes on a joint, perhaps.
— Apr 15, 2023 07:45AM
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"That lady should learn [to book ahead] because we don't live in communist times anymore. In those days it was different - you could just walk in off the street. We'd have a line of clients sitting waiting. We'd fix them up, put them under the dryer, and let them gossip for an hour."
— Apr 17, 2023 07:09AM
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"Will [the package] reach you ok? Won't there be problems at the Post Office in Romania?"
"No," I reply, "now that we're in the EU, all EU mail is delivered to our doors. Or so I've heard."
Yeah.... no! This book was first published in 2012, and I've yet to see the postman/woman deliver any packages.
— Mar 31, 2023 01:55PM
"No," I reply, "now that we're in the EU, all EU mail is delivered to our doors. Or so I've heard."
Yeah.... no! This book was first published in 2012, and I've yet to see the postman/woman deliver any packages.
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Apr 15, 2023 08:28AM
How do you find it so far? The description sounds compelling but I’m always weary of westerners writing about Eastern European countries. Plus this excerpt sounds very pretentious.
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So far, it makes me feel alternately ashamed and annoyed, even tough none of what it talks about is false, untrue, or even that much of a corner case. Otherwise, the writing style is compelling, and I'm hoping for more feel-good stories.
Dana wrote: "Plus this excerpt sounds very pretentious."
If it helps, Rāzvan is a sulky teenager, who's emigrated to the US a few years back, so I think his attitude would've been similar regardless of where he lived. 😬
