Friday, March 4, 2011

Weird Stuff About Hungary

I'm stealing this post verbatim from a friend's Facebook note.
- The hungarian word for hello / goodbye is pronounced "see ya" ... this was confusing the first day
- Hungarians still use "hello" but to them it also means "goodbye" ... this is still  confusing
- Sugar here is less sweet (it's not from sugar cane) 
- Vectors are underlined
- The contradiction symbol they use is a lightning bolt.  this is awesome.  
- Exclamation points do not mean the same thing here as they do elsewhere ... none of us have figured out what they <span> </span>mean here
- The word for 'kitty' is still one sound away from a slang word for breast (cica and cici) vs (kitty and titty)
- They have super markets.  was not expecting that.  
- "I'm Hot" means "i'm Gay"
- The dogs here are all very well trained.  Srsly.  Probably because the others get run over.
- The leading quotation mark is a subscript
- Games are not "strategic" they are "tactical"
- They don't have "tounge twisters" they have "tounge breakers"
- english "Cookie"  is hungarian for "weiner" or "pee pee" (childish word for penis)
- I get a cheese pastry every day for $0.50  It's a sizable pastry
- Coffee stores sell women's lingerie
- I'm a millionair here   
- Old men do play chess in the hot baths.  
- I don't get their humor: Why do elephants have white feet? It's camoflauge for when they swim upside down in milk.
- You aren't "done" with a question, you are 'ready' ... no idea what we are ready for.  

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