Aurel Vlaicu., 100 years ago...

... and Austro-Hungarian citizen ...like Vuia

c'mon DDD, that's all you got? you can do more!

DDD = Daniel & Denes Direct

I have an ideea: why don't you write together a book? About Romanian born Austro/Hungarian citizens in Romanian Aeronautics. I have another name: Titus Pahone.

Hahaha .
That's fun!

Thanks for taking the time to reply with such details to my foolish comments. Now, at last, everything should be clear. The hair was split into 4 =)) =))

Final point on the matter being we are ROMANIA, not RUMANIA, not whatever... it is plain and simple. In theory both terms are correct (any many others for that matter) as I said initially, before the hair splitting...

I am pretty sure next time I go in Germany I will call them Allemangne or Duitsland (that is in Africaans for the hair splitters) or whatever accepted name I will come up with that is officially correct, so they will really respect me for naming them like that. If the Germans dont like it, I will say... hey - its correct so do not kick my... But wait, when I will go to Austria, yeah the Austrians are really open people when it comes to their country, so I will be sure to find a foreign/ancient term when speaking there and referring to Austria... yeah they really will appreciate it. Like hell they will )

Ok this was my final point on the matter. Do not delete my message, it was my reply to some "arguments", my final reply, no matter what comes next ) I keep my word.

The work of Denes is appreciated, its not the first time I say it, but... its maybe just my narrow view on things, but when one is guest/host whatever on a forum and some people do find it bothering the use of a specific term... its kinda... I wouldnt use it anymore, out of respect if nothing else. But of course, I dont have a lot of "anglo-saxon" culture in me. Please do excuse me

Maybe it would be easier for everyone if you clearly explained what exactly is wrong with the use of the word "Rumania" in English.
To all intents and purposes, the word is perfectly acceptable in English. I have no shadow of a doubt that if anyone were to hear/read the word "Rumania" in an English conversation/text he/she would know exactly what that meant.
I never came across a situation in which the word "Romania" symbolised only great things and the word "Rumania" symbolised only bad things.
It is evident that the word "Rumania" used in an English context causes you severe distress, but what is unclear is the reason why.
Radu

Radu, I suggest you las-o balta!

Apparently, people like RedBaron are not intereseted in actually learning, or opening their minds. They are actually feeding on controversy. They are enjoying the attention they get, as RedBaron confessed above. The more controversy they stirr, the better for them.

Forum trolls, as they say.

If one cannot comprehend that the English and Rumanian languages have nothing in common, the fact that the name of a particular country in the official language of that country has nothing to do with the name it was given to her in English, and the fact that the pronuntiation of Rumania with U is more common than with O if all non-Rumanian languages are considered, and spelling Rumania with a U is not "bad" to the image of the country - as it was clearly explained - it means that they are not here to learn, but rather to cause controversy and flame.

This off-topic discussion was closed a while ago and request was made by me to return to Aurel Vlaicu. Yet, after a couple of days of 'peace' it was stirred again, now yet again, just for the sake of stirring more controversy. Hence my advice, just las-o balta. I will try to do the same...

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on May 22, 2011 01:50 pm

Agreed!
Radu

/noted the troll thing ("daca taceai filozof ramaneai"). I will see to reply to this another time since... now its back on topic

This post has been edited by RedBaron on May 30, 2011 08:53 pm