Last updated: 9th of July, 1997

Hungary, In The Heart Of Europe

Hungarian girls are beautiful!
Hungarians are extremely fond of foreigners.
Hungarian name order is the same as the Japanese.
Hungarians use different addressing of people (like in Japan ;) )
Hungarians aren't hungry....
Hungarians generally understand Russian, however they deny that knowledge.
Hungarians are very proud of their language.

Hungarian girls are beautiful!
I know, I know.... that isn't a habit... but I wasn't able not to mention it...

Hungarians are extremely fond of foreigners.
Why is it so? I don't know. Maybe most of us can't afford to travel abroad.

Hungarian name order is the same as the Japanese.
- Well, what do you mean? - You ask me.
All names of all nations in the world (except Hungary and Japan) follow this order: family and surname.
For example: John Smith and not Smith John. In Hungary and Japan you write it inversely: Smith John.

Hungarians use different addressing of people (like in Japan ;) )
- Once again Japan - You sigh.... - Is that famous Hungary in Asia? Or near Japan? Well, we are in the center of Europe and there are many theories why Hungarian culture has so many similar characteristics with the Japanese culture.
What do I mean under the "different addressing" notion? We can address people formally, informally, in a gentle form etc.

Hungarians aren't hungry....
It's considered very rude referring to a Hungarian with the word joke: Hungry. Yes, I know... you find it very funny... but imagine... everybody heard that joke thousand times... think about that! If something funny is repeated again and again.... it's not a joke any more! Consider that.

Hungarians generally understand Russian, however they deny that knowledge.
Russian language was compulsory in all type of schools throughout 40 years. No other choice was possible. This process is called the language colonization. During that time we didn't take a russian word into our beautiful language. We deny the knowledge because we don't want to communicate in the language of the oppressor. I, personally is fond of Russian people and I'm sure the majority of Hungarians have the same attitude - in spite of that fact we don't ever want to use Russian... It's like using German in Israel.

Hungarians are very proud of their language.
Hungarian isn't only a unique language in Europe, but in the world. You can't find any similar language in the world! However, during the hasting centuries we took some words from other languages.


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