(se-ntampla uneori, avem conversatii interesante, m-am gandit sa share)
“ma mananca neshte scrupule in fund”, zice. (Are constiinta fund? Pai daca ne imaginam ca am eu constiinta, de ce nu ne-am imagina ca are si ea fund?)
“mananca-le si tu pe ele”, ii zic eu. Un raspuns stock, cliche.
“nu pot”, zice, “ca nu fac a2m”. Deci da, chiar are scrupule, tre’ s-o duc la un avocat sa i le scoata.
Pana una-alta, am decis ca regula self-impusa de a scrie pe cat posibil in romana si-a trait traiul si si-a mancat malaiul. Lipsa de activitate a scazut numarul abonatilor la un cool 200+ (de la un max 400+) si ca urmare voi avea deosebita placere a unui nou inceput. Sigur, pe Facebook vad c-am ramas la 500+, dar dat fiind ca importul automat al articolelor functioneaza din parti de cand am inceput sa import fluxul partial, este putin probabil sa creasca in salturi.
So rejoice et gaudeamus, brothers and sisters, no more painful Romanian (at least, if I don’t forget). You will get instead more painfully broken Inglese. To celebrate the transition, I’ll offer you a poem.
LONGING [as opposed to craving]
Romanians -
When they go into exile -
Sit down beside the railroad lines
Somewhere in Europe,
Near stations if there’s any room left,To feel closer to home,
To be able to catch the next train,
If it comes to that.This gives them the feeling
They haven’t gone very far away.
Walking the tracks
Or hearing the train whistle,
They’re in unbroken communication
With their homeland.In spring especially,
When the phenomenon of terrestrial magnetism
Disturbs the cranes high in the sky,
They can be found sitting on their suitcases,
Listening to the rails resonate
With untranslatable phonemes
Of longing.
Those who happened upon this site before may recognize a faint connection to previous articles such as Dead Line and the Putrid Corpse of the Romanian Transportation Network. And those who wonder why the heck do I bother with poetry might take note of my intention to write a poem for the World Poetry Contest.
Sources / More info: The Past Perfect of Flight
constiinta are doar vagin . nu si penis .
ReplyDeletede ce, ca-i place sa fie terfelita?
ReplyDelete"...am decis ca regula self-impusa de a scrie pe cat posibil in romana si-a trait traiul si si-a mancat malaiul..."Cred că cine te-a sfătuit... rău te-a sfătuit.
ReplyDeleteHow so, my (man's) friend?
ReplyDeletePăi... cred că valoarea blogului ăsta consta nu numai în conținut, dar și în formă (aka, limba folosită - romgleza, adică).
ReplyDeleteNimeni nu te împiedică să scrii în alte limbi - dar o să fie alt blog, din cauza formei.
Înțeleg, te-ai plictisit de Logan, ți-ai luat Chevrolet; tot mașină și aia, tot în garaj, tot 4 roți, tot tu o conduci.
Dar e altceva.
Așa și cu blogul.
Nu știu... zic și io... s-auzim alte păreri.
si nu-i engleza un subset al romglezei?
ReplyDeletecat despre alte pareri.. good luck :)
Nu, nu-i!
ReplyDeleteE o bastardizare de limbaj, nimic altceva.
Merge la diasporezi.
Zic să nu ne repezim ca leul în turbare și să cădem între dinți.
Zic să mai auzim din public.
Zic să avem răbdare.
de-acord cu tine. englezii n-au nici macar academie engleza - curat bastardizare!
ReplyDeletecat despre rabdare, avem. public, mai putin.. :)
Eu zic ca ai confundat fundurile pe acolo in care te-ai pus sa cauti ...scrupulele :D
ReplyDeleteDe ce ti-ai "impus" regula cu pricina? Voiai sa scrii in engleza, da' constiinta cica nu-i frumos, sau cum?
a, nu, da' era un segway enteresant de la ceva cautat si mult dorit cum e a a2m la ceva adanc si indeobste evitat, cum ar fi constiinta si (cristobal) colonul.
ReplyDeletewhat's the point of writing in Romanian? why would you purposely limit your audience? whatever you write, whatever you do, competes for your audience time with a zillion other people, many of whom are better at it than you. the chances of finding YOUR audience are small to begin with.
it's like trying o find a mate when you're black gay man. why restrict yourself to blacks?
if you really want to f yrself (and ONLY yrself) you're better off buying a dildo, just don't pretend you're looking for others :)
"segway"?!?
ReplyDeleteDid you say... "SEGWAY"?!?
WTF...
I'll start a donation drive... for your treatment.
I might get more from it than you'll get from butchering the english language - pushing obscure subjects nobody's interested in, using lingos you don't handle well beyond basic...
:-(
Look up "segue". Then realize I like to play with words. As in "painfully broke Inglese" or "vrabia mihai viteza".
ReplyDeleteUnless of course you're joking. Though in Romanian you're actually funny :)
I think you oversimplify the issue. Firstly, the point to write in Romanian does not necessarily have to do with finding "the" audience (which seems to be a rather abstract and fixed notion for you, almost similarly to some destined path or the better half): for instance it can simply be an exercise in itself or a way to maintain contact with a community. After all, there is no rule that you have to choose ONE language to write in and then write in nothing else. Secondly, the audience is not really the same with the number of people who understand that language. If you write for Romanians, then writing in Romanian is the best choice to reach your audience. If you write for middle aged white people with blue eyes, crooked noses and a mole on their left leg, then you might indeed prefer to basically spam the masses in the idea that it would reach those matching the description.
ReplyDeleteSimply put, I think you got the idea of an audience wrong: the audience (and its size ultimately) depends on how well you write (where well" has a very broad meaning). Moreover, the fact that there are more people who read English comes with the downside that there are also a whole lot more people writing in English.
It's getting to a whole article on the topic, so I'll stop here.
Exkrementos on a stick...
ReplyDeleteSanky, how we play with words... like the quadriplegics with rabbits.
Bleah x 300.
Diana, autorul e clar sub influențe alcoolice, ca să nu zic altceva; tu iei în serios.
ReplyDeleteIo zic că se recomandă o lătrătură sănătoasă, combinată cu o adunare de comitet de scară de bloc... unde condamnăm zamoșismele aiuristice cu mânie proletară.
(și să plătească și întreținerea!)
O să-i facă bine... la pipotă; el crede că e de capu' lui... e deja momentu' să i se dea delicat peste ceafă; cu un ciomag scurt.
Ce dreaq'... ori suntem români... ori ne dăm ioropeni?!?
I would say that rather than me oversimplifying the issue you overcomplicate it. I prefer writing in English, writing in Romanian requires an additional effort on my part and I see no point in it. I'd rather start digging a hole in my backyard, it's just as pointless but healthier.
ReplyDeleteI can keep arguing about why it's better to write in English, just like it's better to have a public blog than passworded blog, but in the end it's the author's choice.
Why don't you write an article in English explaining why you prefer to write in Romanian. You can call it Diana's Choice. I'll transform it into a screenplay, Blegoo will play the main character and will get a Chinese Oscar. If not, we pull his tail and call him Charlie.
Well, if you just say that you simply prefer writing in English, then that is surely enough and I will not argue at all. But earlier you said that it was about audience and all that stuff....so if you give rational reasons for what is basically just a matter of preference, I think it's hardly my fault I talk about the rationale...
ReplyDeleteAs for the play, you "overcomplicate" it: why don't we pull your tail and call you Charlie? :D
A, am nimerit eu prea din avion deci, parasutata direct in plina ameteala lingvistica :))) Da' cand omul da in mine cica cu argumente rationale, zic sa nu planga daca si-o ia inapoi cat se poate de rational :D In rest, tocmai ce-i zisei c-o sa ramana fara coada...
ReplyDeletewell, let's not get into proper argumentation (i.e., "debate"). i invited you into one and you've given me the least coherent answer i've ever read from you.
ReplyDeleteyou're like that person in my 'hood back when i was little who'd come on the soccer field but didn't want to play soccer, only wanted to "run around". why not play? too many rules :)
Asta e dincolo de ridicol... devine hilar: tu acuzi pe cineva de incoerență, aducând ca argument incoerența proprie!
ReplyDeleteHai Diano... adu cârligele dă rude, pune-l la uscat pă mititel, că l-ai săpunit destul.
era vorba de replica ei la "graunte de pedofilie". cauta si vei gasi.
ReplyDelete"rude" - te gioci si tu cu cuvintele, sau asa esti tu rude cu rudele? :)
taipo. rude=rufe.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, do you seriously mean that proper discussion/argumentation = structured debate (and even more: according to set of rules x, y, z) and that anything else is by way of consequence only gossip or incoherent (least coherent) talk??
ReplyDeleteI think I'm more like the one coming to the soccer field where some people decided to play soccer dressed in medieval armors and not wanting to play indeed with such rules, as I see no benefit for soccer in such a dress code.
It might be indeed that I owe you a clear answer on the topic of "opinions as commodities" rather than on the equivalent of medieval armor.
Imi pare ca inca mai... face spume. Deci zic ca mai e de frecat :)))))
ReplyDeleteAdmit it: it's just your fear of failure. Teh medieval armor is a mini-jupe and you don't want to try it on because you haven't shaved your legs.
ReplyDeleteThe rules are really not that complicated, and there's nothing to be afraid of: this is a low traffic blog and @B legoo, the only reader, does not fully understand complex sentences.
Bagă și ceva înălbitor, blici, alea... că e cazul. Mă rog, dacă tu crezi că e cazul... mai dă-i o rundă în spălător. Sou far... iu ar on top of ză discușion - as far as I sii.
ReplyDeleteLău trafic glob.
ReplyDeleteSanchi, balagâște.Păi... cască gura în oglindă, vezi cine e de vină.(și mai tunde-te, băh!)Fiștece glob... are audiența pă care o merită!Acilea... ești norocos - posibil ai făcut ceva în scăldătoare, la botez, zic.Pariez pă ce vrei tu... că lumea citește și se distrează la greu... între lătrăturile mele și spălătura administrată de Diana.
Tu dă-i 'nainte cu romgleza de Toronto...
Vezi că vine sezonu' de Leru-i Ler și Hrușcă-i hrușcă; aștept gâfâind varianta romgleză.
Salivez, zic.
Zamo se va adresa mondial, zămoșind cu entuziasm.
Trafic din Samoa dă Nord, Peru și Turcia răsăriteană.
nobody knows,
ReplyDeletedawg,
cuz I took out the Disqus "who's saying what where" widget cuz nobody was sayin' anything. and some of my stats are public, you can check out gtop or whatevah in the lower right corner. this is mostly a secret blog, very few of my friends know about it and mostly by accident.
do you really think that there are romanians who'd be reading this blog but don't understand engrish or don't wanna read in engrish? like that dude from Botosani who told to stop making fun of zoso spirit, arhi body and capitanu' father?
Lay off the booze, partner.
ReplyDeleteYeah... I think people read your rants; they even consider valuable... occasionally.
Just like I do.
You just want instant gratification; guess what: it ain't gonna happen'!
Everybody is entitled to some stupidity... every now and then; we all been there and done that.
You're stretching the concept.
:(
Srsly.
bad dawg.
ReplyDeletethis is isn't a cry for help or blackmail for reactions. I'm simply less inclined to write in Romanian in English. I can't make it simpler than this.
Atunci trebuia să zici așa de la bun început.
ReplyDeleteNu să ne iei cu "audiența"... cu "ăia 200 dă habonați"... cu ce eforturi faci tu să scrii românește și alte buruieni de Gostat de cartier.
Being heard / read is important as well, but secondary to the need to express myself. Y U NO WANT 2 COMPREHEND?
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