>>>Szervusz Dragos,
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>>Servus!!? How did you get that? This form of salute is indeed used in Romania, but mostly in Transilvania.
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>I speak hungarian and noticed that Dragos is from BudaPest.
Funny how many people confound Bucharest with BudaPest.
I can understand that the geography of that part of the world is probably too remote, but to READ BudaPest for BuCHAREst, I wouldn’t have expected.
>I didn't know that "servus" was also used in Romania. It's quite popular, as I can see. It's used in hungary and austria as well.
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>It actually comes from latin and the meaning goes along the lines of "Hi, I'm at your service".
Yes, isn't that a nice idea?
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>Alex
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>PS: My aunt is from Transilvania.
Then she could confirm that Bucharest is not Budapest. They are capitals of two different countries.
Doru