I'm not a big fan of the Romanian language. I find English much more elegant.

One of the things that I absolutely love about English is how easily you can create brand new words, either through altering a prefix/suffix, or by merging or concatenating 2 previous existing words. And the end result sounds just as natural as any other English word.

You really can't do the same with Romanian. No matter how much you try, "băiat-pisică" doesn't flow as easily as "cat-boy".

We literally had to copy the word "weekend", because a literal translation would be "sfârșit de săptămână", which is way too long and unwieldy, and we just don't have a way to make a good alternative.

@alyx
You guys have a cool way of saying werewolf though. Vârcolac.

@TheAncestor
Apparently the word has slavic origins. I just looked it up out of curiosity. The word means: having the hair of a wolf.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrykolak

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From romanian wiki: Vârcolac is a demon that eats the Sun and the Moon.

Holly fuck...

ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A2r

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@alyx
Interesting considering it is the children of Fenrir that eat the sun and moon in Norse mythology.
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