[lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity

[joanna]

I have no idea. If memory serves, being able to fiddle was comparable to 
being able to pluck a guitar today. But, in that regard, I would think 
Romania was no different from the rest of Eastern Europe.

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:


>--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>Now this is 
>  
>
>>either a crime against Romanian tradition or the
>>most wonderful thing 
>>you've ever tasted.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Hey, are Romanians known for being violin players? In
>Ilya Ehrenburg's WWII writing, he keeps calling the
>Romanian facists "violin players," "they should have
>stayed home playing the violin," and so forth.
>
>(Apparently, going by Ehrenburg, the German soldiers
>called their Italian counterparts "Champions in Retreat.")
>
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