Din cartea pe care o citesc acum, respectiv celebra "Eat, Pray, Love" care e mult mai putin mooshy decat ma asteptam:)
" "Don't you know that the secret to understanding a city and its people is to learn - what is the word of the street?"
Then he went on to explain, in a mixture of English, Italian and hand gestures, that every city has a single word that defines it, that identifies most people who live there. If you could read people's thoughts as they were passing you o the streets of any given place, you would discover that most of them are thinking the same thought. Whatever that majority thought might be - that is the word of the city. And if your personal word does not match the word of the city, then you don't really belong there."
In continuare, se ajunge la concluzia ca urmatoarele orase au urmatoarele cuvinte:
Rome - sex
Vatican - power
New York - achieve
Los Angeles - success
Stockholm - conform
Naples - fight
Mi s-a parut dragutza treaba asta pt ca niciodata pana acum nu m-am chinuit sa asociez un singur cuvant cu un oras. E interesant si foarte dificil mi se pare. M-am chinuit sa fac asta cu orasele pe care le cunosc cel mai bine so far, namely Bacau, Bucuresti, Toulouse si Groningen. Si am ajuns la urmatoarea concluzie, desi nu foarte ancorata sau definita, si care din pacate e tot in engleza (regrete dar daca asa vin!):
Bacau - nu stiu inca dar promit ca revin
Bucuresti - to move
Toulouse - to enjoy
Groningen - to be
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