Ask People from Other Countries 2

[rmxtrax]

Mirc;
Is there anywhere like your avatar in Romania?
If so,you re lucky.

Romania is like Russia. There aren't tropical islands

 

[Harald]

Ya, we call the cucumbers too. What do they call them?

If by "they" you mean Swedish people the answer is "gurka"(one) or "gurkor"(several).
And to follow up on the theme what would US or English people call these(I'm guessing that you don't know what it is):

 

[obliterate]

^Rum balls.

 

[GinandTonic]

I'll try again...

United Kingdom: What is it like having a Royal Family? What role do they play in your society? And do they have the least bit of authority at all?

Generally they are irrelivant. Some love em, some hate em. Most people would see them lose their constitutional position (after Liz) if their was a better soloution, but distrust the politicos more.

 

[Mirc]

Mirc;
Is there anywhere like your avatar in Romania?
If so,you re lucky.

Nope. Not at all, It's my dream... I want to go to a place where it's never winter. I HATE WINTER and it's winter right now. At least today we've had the warmest day this year (+9 C, amazing for this time of the year, normally it's like -10).

Romania is like Russia. There aren't tropical islands

But there aren't polar places either.

 

[jessiecat]

If by "they" you mean Swedish people the answer is "gurka"(one) or "gurkor"(several).
And to follow up on the theme what would US or English people call these(I'm guessing that you don't know what it is):

I was replying to the American guy when I said they, but thanks. Some
people here might call them gherkins if they are shorter ones and only
for pickling in vinegar.
I don't know what those balls are. They look like swedish meatballs, but
what's the white stuff on them? Looks like shedded coconut.

 

[aronnax]

I have another question, one especially for Mirc

What is the general Romainia view with the issue of a Greater Romania and unification with Moldovia?

 

[REDY]

I was replying to the American guy when I said they, but thanks. Some
people here might call them gherkins if they are shorter ones and only
for pickling in vinegar.
I don't know what those balls are. They look like swedish meatballs, but
what's the white stuff on them? Looks like shedded coconut.

We use it as christmas sweets. However I have no name for it. Its not my favorite sweet...and yes if I am right its covered by coconut.

 

[Mirc]

What is the general Romainia view with the issue of a Greater Romania and unification with Moldovia?

"Greater Romania" implies getting back Bukovina and Bugeac too, which are in Ukraine now. Thus, very few people support this, because it is extremely unlikely that Ukraine would give up any centimeter of its territory (in Bugeac, most native Romanians have been deported by the USSR near the Urals, which is why they are now only like 30% of the people there, with the Bulgarians making up another 30%, the Russians a bit less than 10% and the Ukrainians being the other 30%).

The unification with Moldova is much more likely to happen, and a majority of people in Romania are for it. However, there are huge problems:
- Moldova is crazily poor. It's GDP per capita is 1/4 of the one of Romania, which happens to be the second lowest in the EU, after Bulgaria. The problem is also that the Romanian GDP is increasing at the third fastest rate in Europe, while the one in Moldova is pretty stagnant.
- Violence in Transnistria.
- fear of the communism-brainwashed elder people in villages, with crazy mentality (which exist). While I don't oppose the idea of a left-wing state, those people got it all wrong and seem to long for something like a new USSR (with them in power, though they are even more naive to believe this).

In Moldova, the opinions are much stranger. The president is Vladimir Voronin (who BTW, according to most sources was born Vlad Cioara, and russified his name - Romanian "cioara" = English "crow" = Russian "vorona", or however it's spelled). This guy is one of the nuttiest heads of state in Europe, obviously, openly publishing articles about the inferiority of Romanians and the distinct race of Moldovans, and doing other crap things like this. Now, that's the opinion of the people in power - but the opinion of the people is quite divided too. The young Moldovans are really, really pro-Romanian (1,000,000 Moldovans requested Romanian immigration visa in the past 5 years, which, BTW, accounts for almost 1/4 of the citizens), however most of the elders and of the Russian minority in Transnistria are anti-Romania and ESPECIALLY anti-EU.

Thus, my opinion is that the unification with Moldova will happen, after the following events happen:
- this president is no longer in power (and no longer influential there)
- the economy starts moving
- the violence stops in Transnistria.

When those things are fulfilled, I'm very sure the Romanians will be all for it and hopefully the Moldovans will understand too what huge benefits EU membership would grant them. Maybe in a few decades Ukraine will join the EU too, and so greater Romania will be a pointless ideal. The last part is only hopeful thinking though.

 

[jeps]

What are these called in the US?

These look like a cucumber (concombre in french, melaffeffon in hebrew).

 

[Whomp]

What are these called in the US?

They look too skinny for a cucumber so it looks like a zucchini to me.

 

[Arwon]

Zuccinis have a nubbly-bit at one end, they don't look like that. Those are the longer variety of cucumber we used to sell in Coles supermarkets when I worked there.

To people living in countries with a large land area: Have you ever travelled to the ends of your country?

I've been to every mainland Australian state capital and lived in 4 of the 6 states. Never been to Tasmania though. When I was a kid my parents used to drive us halfway across the continent (2 days travel) to visit relatives and I'm pretty sure we did the 4 or 5 day haul to Perth when I was too young to remember.

A question to Australians,
Which english accent do you find most annoying? British, New Zealander, Canadian or American?

I find that in general North Americans have accents which are very loud. They can't really help it.

 

[rmxtrax]

They look too skinny for a cucumber so it looks like a zucchini to me.

ehi! zucchini is an italian word!

 

[Ansar]

ehi! zucchini is an italian word!

So? There are many words from other languages.

Also, Whomp is Italian (or at least part Italian, IIRC).

 

[Mirc]

ehi! zucchini is an italian word!

And kindergarten is German.

 

[rmxtrax]

question to russian
why are you so anti-eu?

 

[jessiecat]

They look too skinny for a cucumber so it looks like a zucchini to me.

They are cucumbers. Not zucchini which are much smaller and are called courgettes in Britain
and France. Only the U.S. and Italy call them zucchini.

 

[rmxtrax]

why are jews so anti-palestine?

 

[Whomp]

why are jews so anti-palestine?

Each side believes different versions of the same history. Each side views the conflict as wholly the fault of the other and expects an apology. So the same question could be reversed.

From there I think we can blame a history of religious conquest and conflict in the area.
In the 20th century, I would point to WW I with the Syke-Picot Agreement, McMahon-Hussein Correspondence and Balfour Declaration. Meddling by Europe with the fall of the Ottoman Empire...

 

[Rossiya]

. Only the U.S. and Italy call them zucchini.

Slight differences, however. The Americans call them "zucchini" whether they're talking about one, two, or a million. In Italy, if they are talking about one courgette, they say "zucchina", which makes this the plural of the word "zucchini".

I hope that's simple enough for you to understand.