Customer Reviews:
 Bunveneti a Romania! September 20, 2008
I am very glad I bought this book.
I have dealings with people in Romania, both for work and socially, and had been baffled and offended by some behaviors.
This book explains all: for example, it isn't bad manners, it's normal manners, it is local custom, to not say "please" or "thank you." When they get in your face and yell their opinion, it isn't aggression or anger: that's normal conversation. And if you yell right back, they'll appreciate it!
Wish I knew that before my first trip ......
Dropping pronouns & even nouns is how they actually talk (as opposed to what we learn in Berlitz or other language schools).
The essays on recent history & politics are very informative on how many Romanian people view, and sometimes envy us; and explains the disconnect between what we, in a free market economy in a democracy mean and what they hear/understand. And vice versa.
I wish I had this book a year ago, when I first interviewed for a consultant position in Bucharest.
It is easy to read, well laid out, a very casual style of English.
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