Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Romanian TV News Cliches

by Craig Turp February 24, 2009 Media

 Ever noticed (those of you who watch and understand Romanian TV news that is) how many stock phrases there are? How many cliches? There are some subjects where you simply know exactly what kind of thing the presenter will say. Here are a just a few we’ve been collecting (with apologies for any spelling/grammatical errors. [...]

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Madonna in Bucharest. An offer we can refuse

by Craig Turp February 24, 2009 Bucharest

 Tickets to the much heralded Madonna concert in Bucharest, to be held in Parcul Izvor on August 26th, went on sale yesterday. Not general sale, of course. Oh no. Only for clients of Vodafone. (We know all this because we got SMS Spam from Vodafone telling us). So there’s one reason we do not want [...]

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