So that's the sort of immigrant workers thing that we've just dealt with. Now, I've got another stereotype about Romania that I'm sure many people have. And that is the Transylvania thing. Right? But when when you meet someone from Romania, I've seen it in a stand up comedy gig. The comedian would always say, Oh, where are you from? TransylVania? And, you know, we've got a vampire in the room. That kind of thing. So it's the vampire myth because vampires come from transylvania Dracula. Yeah. We should mention that Bram Stalker, the British writer of Irish descent or Irish, or he
Here's part 2 of my conversation with "The Son of the Dragon Tamer" in which we talk about these things: - The difference “pleasshure” and “pleasure”, “bio” and “B.O.” - The importance of ‘passion’ in France - Jamie Oliver’s (fake?) cockney accent - British & American English - Corneliu’s experiences in America, his acting and his accent - Corneliu’s learning experiences with a great teacher when he was a child - The interesting course-book which Corneliu used in his English lessons - The myth of ‘the English gentleman’ - Depictions of Englishness in films - Stereotypes of Romania - Romania & Bulgaria’s entry into the EU and the media panic related to migrant workers - Vampires, Dracula and Romania Click here for more information
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