May 26, 2005
Fun with words in eastern Europe

Inspired by a recent trip to Eastern Europe I would like to point out the nice, but sadly expired, pun in that the capital of the former communist dictatorship of Romania is called "Book/Arrest".
And a pun near miss: Why on earth didn't the Hungarians call they airline MagLev instead of just Malev?

Posted by Claus at May 26, 2005 02:47 PM | TrackBack (0)
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Because they're trains?

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm

Posted by: Morten on May 28, 2005 6:46 PM

Magyar Levitation as opposed to Magnetic Levitation

Posted by: Claus on May 28, 2005 6:47 PM

Got it.

Posted by: Morten on May 30, 2005 1:15 AM
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