English names
Christi informed me that a phonetic interpretation of my last name in Romanian could mean "from the penis".
Yet another reason to marry someone with a normal-sounding surname.
The website formerly known as Ro-Mania
Life after Romania. And I still really like O-Zone!
May 2004 - Sept 2005
Documenting the horrors, frustrations and bureaucracy of the adventures of life in the amazing contradiction that is Romania. Now with 10% more vampires!
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If you would like to use my pictures, please contact me and give credit where credit is due. I will also send originals in high-resolution format on request. Timisoara More about me Total cost (CAD)
- Plane ticket: $1800.00
- Immunization: $347.00
- Visa cost: $105.00
- Express Post: $25.00
- My sanity: priceless
About Me
- Name: Karla
- Location: Canada
I came to Romania straight out of university as an intern working with intercultural education. After extending my contract twice, I realised how much I love my newly adopted country and decided to stay as long as I could. "As long as I could" turned into 361 days. I am now back in Canada, but am hoping to revive this blog to coincide with my new job.
Previous Posts
- Glorious food
- Finetti Sticks, about to be eaten
- Finetti Sticks, inside
- Finetti Sticks, back view
- Finetti Sticks, top view
- Dots, again
- Dots, inside
- Dots, my precious
- Dots, in all its glory
- Dots, inside
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3 Comments:
Haha
My last name isn't "Dicks".
My last name is British in origin (I'm notoriously private about it,) but said with a Romanian accent, it's a pretty good phonetic interpretation of "from a penis".
However, it's not worse than my Dutch friend's last name, which means (literaly) "from where they castrate horses". Poor guy.
On the subject of last names, there was a Harold Richard Longfellow who lived in Balls Creek, Nova Scotia. Harold Richard = Harry Dick = Hairy Dick.
Yeah, I always forget about the powers of google.
Up until I got this internship, I didn't exist online. I even went so far as to get admin rights to my university website and delete all references to my last name. Then I got chosen for the internship, got written up in the local papers, my university did a feature on me, and presto, anonymous no more.
I still hate my last name though!
And Eric, I agree about cool last names. In Sweden, I dated two guys with "ordinary" last names: Roslund and Berg. But never doubt the power of being ordinary. Even my first name is a pain sometimes. "What's your name?" "Karla" "Ok, C-A-" "No, K. Karla with a K. K-A-R-L-A". Do you ever get that? "Eric with a C?"
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