That's what the Romanian nationalists would like you to think, but Daco-Roman continuity as the Vlachs is only one of the competing theories about the origin of the people eventually called Romanians. There are several others, including a slower cultural influence, from the south (for many think it to be unlikely that a hundred years of Roman occupation in Dacia would have created a sufficient basis for a Latin-speaking population that would survive for centuries longer despite innumerable migrations by non-Latin-speaking peoples), and the migration of Thraco-Romans northward during the Völkerwanderung.
Madonna booed in Bucharest for defending Gypsies
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Call me indoctrinated then, since I can only conceive the Dacian-Roman integration as the logical explanation. Don't get me wrong, it probably was a bit more complicated than that, so culture and influence would have played a part in it, but the main theory still holds water IMO.
I myself am not that familiar with the subject but it seems unlikely that the native tongue would have been totally Latinized in the space of about a century and survive invasions by other peoples, viz. Goths, Huns, Alans, Gepids, Magyars, Slavs, and Cumans/Qypchaqs, all of whom settled in whole or in part in that territory. Obviously the Romans had at least some lasting impression in Dacia, but I wouldn't credit their occupation with all that much weight. Then again, I'm not really sure how much the following centuries could have contributed in terms of the spread of a Latin language among the general populace, either.
So no, I wouldn't call you indoctrinated.Just don't ask a Romanian or a Hungarian about this (or about any points of history having to do with their countries really :3), neither side can see the other's point of view and generally ignore salient events or points in the other's favor. It's not even confined to the Internet either.
Usually when you make assumptions, you're wrong. There's a saying around here:
When you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME.
Here's what Wiki has to say about it, anyways:
Perfection
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Maybe they just heard her perform
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I've got to tell you Bast, this post alone has made you absolutely skyrocket in my estimation
According to stereotypes about the gypsies, they steal babies. And they practice prostitution too, I guess. Hmm, could Madonna be a gypsy?
The Romulans approve of your lack of humour. I would have thought that the whole Romanians = Roma = Romans = Romulans thing was kinda obvious considering the circumstances. Heck, even if I didn't make it blatantly obvious, kulade certainly did.
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The Romulans approve of your lack of humour. I would have thought that the whole Romanians = Roma = Romans = Romulans thing was kinda obvious considering the circumstances. Heck, even if I didn't make it blatantly obvious, kulade certainly did.
Is the one up front getting raped
RalofTyr
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Cher: Nothing like ignorant Americans signing about people she has no idea about, like Bush, when he invaded Iraq. It will be a cake walk.
. I now know to reserve that for the actual Gypsy scum.
