Any Hungarians on the Forum

[ahi]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I see what you mean. Your theory is food for thought, so let them eat cake.

The cake the lovely Nobelwoman--wrongfully shamed by the proverb day in and day out--referred to was a type of sweet bread that the rich generally purchased *instead* of regular bread. However, French law mandated that if a French baker was out of regular bread, it had to sell this more expensive type of bread at regular bread price.

Making the historical quote a good few steps less clueless than it is generally held to be.

Please somebody more knowledge correct me on any of the specifics... but I do believe I have the general outline correct in the above description.

- Ahi

[ahi]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

er, you do know that we abandoned those practices when the aristocracy went out of style, right ? (although, there might be a case for bringing them back, in certain cases !)

Yes, I do. But the threat thereof remains stronger than in many other western democracies. Wouldn't you say?

The Hungarian Prime Minister and the American President (along with a myriad other European head of states) see street-protests as the people's last resort. The French President, methinks, rightly sees it as a first step in a direction best not traveled too far for his sake.

Or am I idealizing France beyond its citizenry's actual temperament?

- Ahi

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

Yes, I do. But the threat thereof remains stronger than in many other western democracies. Wouldn't you say?

The Hungarian Prime Minister and the American President (along with a myriad other European head of states) see street-protests as the people's last resort. The French President, methinks, rightly sees it as a first step in a direction best not traveled too far for his sake.

Or am I idealizing France beyond its citizenry's actual temperament?

- Ahi

well, it is true that street protests are sort of the national sport here (along with going on strike ). i heard that there are 100 marches per year in paris alone. that's almost 1 every 3 days, only for the capital ! of course there are also marches in other cities. and those are not counting the ones which are refused authorisation (most marches must have authorisation from the prefecture. riots obviously don't bother with the bureaucracy...). and we have had some very long strikes (most famously the "general strike" in 1968, which was nearly a new revolution and changed the social and political face of the country, and also about 10 or so years ago we had one which lasted a full month). we've also had some very violent demonstrations recently, riots in suburbs etc. so it's true, it's something that must be taken into consideration of a regular basis here, not a "last resort", and can definitely lead to very grave repercussions for the head of the government (although, lately we've been allowing them to keep their head attached to their shoulders. call it gallic generosity. ), and if they are persistent enough, have led to withdrawal or revision of government policies which were not approved by the people, and also sometimes high officials "stepping down" from office. so they shouldn't be ignored. must be our latin blood getting overheated.

[vivaldirules]

I've worked through lunch and now I'm hungary. Got some spare doughnuts, DG?

[DixieGal]

SPARE donuts? I'm unfamiliar with that term. Whatever do you mean?

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

SPARE donuts? I'm unfamiliar with that term. Whatever do you mean?

Just what was I thinking?

[garyhun]

2009. június 15-én, azaz hétfőn elindul az Adamo Books nevű e-könyveket árusító weboldal (www.adamobooks.info) teljes üzemmódban!

A jelszóval ellátott PDF (és a jelszó nélkül megnyitható epub) könyveinket hétfőtől lehet megvásárolni és a weboldalról letölteni!

További info:
A jelszóval védett PDF könyvek letölthetők személyi számítógépre, de a jelszó megadása után megnyithatók és olvashatók Stanza szoftver segítségével. A Stanza szoftver (desktop Stanza) az internetről ingyen letölthető a www.lexcycle.com weboldalról.

Jelszó nélküli epub könyveink olvashatók:
Sony Reader, Koobe, Bebook e-könyv olvasó készülékeken, illetve iPhone mobiltelefonon is - lényegében minden olyan kütyün, amely epub formátumot olvas.

Lukács Attila

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Just what was I thinking?

I think the heat is getting to you. Go tell your human to put fresh cool water in your bowl, then go find a shady spot to snooze. Someone with thumbs should really think about giving you a trim to help keep you cool. Is there a puddle or ditch nearby that you can roll in?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by garyhun

2009. június 15-én, azaz hétfőn elindul az Adamo Books nevű e-könyveket árusító weboldal (www.adamobooks.info) teljes üzemmódban!

A jelszóval ellátott PDF (és a jelszó nélkül megnyitható epub) könyveinket hétfőtől lehet megvásárolni és a weboldalról letölteni!

További info:
A jelszóval védett PDF könyvek letölthetők személyi számítógépre, de a jelszó megadása után megnyithatók és olvashatók Stanza szoftver segítségével. A Stanza szoftver (desktop Stanza) az internetről ingyen letölthető a www.lexcycle.com weboldalról.

Jelszó nélküli epub könyveink olvashatók:
Sony Reader, Koobe, Bebook e-könyv olvasó készülékeken, illetve iPhone mobiltelefonon is - lényegében minden olyan kütyün, amely epub formátumot olvas.

Lukács Attila

hey ahi !!! i think you found one !!!! welcome, garyhun ! sorry i can't say that in hungarian...

[DixieGal]

Gary Hon, Welcome!

[ahi]

Szervusz, Attila!

Az én kütyüm bár olvas ePubot, jobban kedvelem a PDF-et... de sajnos a jelszavas PDF-et már csak a számítógépem bírja, a kütyüm már nem.

Neked is van elektronikus olvasó micsodád (hmmm... lehet tényleg kütyü a legjobb szó rá), vagy a cég reklámozása céljából látogatod inkább a MobileRead fórumot?

Üdv.:

István

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TRANSLATION:

His original message said that his hovercraft is full of eels. So I told him, I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched.

- Ahi

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

TRANSLATION:

His original message said that his hovercraft is full of eels. So I told him, I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched.

- Ahi

that's what i thought.

[ahi]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that's what i thought.

In fact his message was an advertisement for his soon to open eBook store.

Hopefully my poor countryman is not basing his plans for financially prosperity on my lonesome Hungarian self here on mobileread.com.

- Ahi

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

In fact his message was an advertisement for his soon to open eBook store.

Hopefully my poor countryman is not basing his plans for financially prosperity on my lonesome Hungarian self here on mobileread.com.

- Ahi

just as long as you weren't telling him epub is a terrible format and he should stick to pdf only. (you know i love you, ahi, but we have quite different opinions about this one subject ! ). i think it's brilliant he is launching an ebook store. maybe we can dig up some more hungarians to send his direction. it seems to me i've seen a few around here before... tell him i wish him the best of luck and many ravenous customers !

[ahi]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

just as long as you weren't telling him epub is a terrible format and he should stick to pdf only. (you know i love you, ahi, but we have quite different opinions about this one subject ! ). i think it's brilliant he is launching an ebook store. maybe we can dig up some more hungarians to send his direction. it seems to me i've seen a few around here before... tell him i wish him the best of luck and many ravenous customers !

Why, in fact I was telling him--in response to his noting that books will be available in both password-protect [DRM-d?] PDF and non-password-protected ePub--that while my device supported ePub, I preferred PDF... but alas password-protected (as opposed to DRM-d) PDFs I could only view on my computer, not on my device.

And no worries, Zelda. As long as we both know we're right, we're both happy!

- Ahi

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Attila,

(Ha esetleg németes, s nem angolos lennél.) Zelda, aki egy moderátor itt azt hiszem, azt írja feljebb, hogy tán találnak még számodra pár magyart, és sok sikert meg sok vásárlót kíván neked/nektek!

Üdv.:

István