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[DrPoon]

As some of you may already know, restaurants and clubs will be operating under 3 G starting on 04.03.

Do FKK clubs also fall under that category?

What is the difference between 2 G plus and 3 G?

[RabbitFarm]

As some of you may already know, restaurants and clubs will be operating under 3 G starting on 04.03.

Do FKK clubs also fall under that category?

[Mr Ho]

So, on March 20th, I just read that Germany is going to lift most of restriction including masks, and it sound same for Switzerland too! Is pandemic almost over and FKK is going to be back to normal for spring already? It looks like for sure be over by this summer, so we are back to normal full mongering mode on full swing by late summer this year or?

Either way, this is good news! Pandemic seems to be over by summer for sure in all sectors including all restrictions! Only thing is entering country without restriction!

Switzerland even more restriction is lifted as of today! Globe line up to be returned soon then! By summer, it will be fully ready if it continue this way!

[McAdonis]

Often Latin in culture, in more than just language:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultur...ia?wprov=sfti1

https://www.ijcr.eu/articole/180_30_...R%202-2014.pdf

The academic source you posted seems to use "Roman" and "Latin" interchangeably, and so he is establishing a link to the ancient Romans as opposed to modern-day Italian, Spanish, and French. The other "island of Latinity in a Slavic sea" source you posted, also on the same page says:

Modern Romanian culture visibly reflects a tremendous amount of Eastern European influences. In addition, Romanian culture shares several similarities with other ancient cultures, such as that of the Armenians.

Romania was cut-off from the other Latin-speaking world between 500-800 AD. This would have been the period of Vulgar Latin, spoken between 100 BC-700 AD. But 38 percent of Romanian vocabulary comes NOT from Vulgar Latin but from French. And these French words have all been acquired since the 19th century. We have to understand that France, in the age of Napoleon, was the "greatest country on earth". When Ottoman influence waned, Romanians desperately wanted to modernize (and westernize). So they made an active attempt to distance themselves from the Balkans, Slavs, and Hungarians and reconnect with their distant linguistic cousins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language.

Romanian's food, music, religion are completely different to the other countries that fall under Latin Europe. The last 1000 years of history is also completely different. Ottoman occupation, Slavic contact, Communism all shaped the Romanian mentality. In short, the cultures have evolved differently.

Language alone is not sufficient to retain cultural links, especially if geographically isolated over centuries. The Hungarians and Turkish languages arrived from Asia about a thousand years ago. But I am not sure that modern Hungarians or Turks feel much cultural affinity towards Siberian and Central Asian peoples. But I would concede that Hungary is much farther to Ural Mountains than say Bucharest is to Rome.

This is a bit negative, but some of Romania's fascination with Italy, Spain, and France (in the past) may owe to the fact that Romania is a small, poor country that has a history of being pushed around. Speaking with Italians and Romanians living in Italy, Italians seem to downplay the cultural similarities, whereas Romanians do the opposite. That might be partly due to Romanians' inferiority complex or just a way to establish rapport with Italians and seem less foreign.

Italian responding to question: Do Italians and Spaniards feel connected to Romanians since they are Latin?

This is a very common topic which is raised everytime a Romanian meets with an Italian, perhaps in an effort to distinguish themselves from the so-called Eastern block, perceived mostly as a derogatory and backward category.

The short answer however, from this side, is: nope.

https://www.quora.com/Do-Italians-and-Spaniards-feel-connected-to-Romanians-since-they-are-Latin

Romanian responding to the question: Do they feel closer culturally to Italian and Spanish?

I would say we are closest to the Slavic people, from behaviour (public-private, special occasions for example) to food. Even though we have Latin ancestry, I speak from experience that usually, the others, French, Spanish, Italians and Portuguese don't really regard us as family. Some of them are aware of the history, some not. I have met people from all these countries and there are similar traits that I could see, but I wouldn't say they outnumber the similarities we have with the Slavic people. Weirdly enough, most people here tend to associate with or feel closer to the Latin family.

https://www.quora.com/Who-do-the-Romanian-people-feel-closer-to-culturally-Do-they-feel-more-affinity-with-their-Slavic-and-Hungarian-neighbors-or-other-Romance-speaking-peoples-such-as-the-French-Spanish-Italians-and-Portuguese-of

[Mr Ho]

So, on March 20th, I just read that Germany is going to lift most of restriction including masks, and it sound same for Switzerland too! Is pandemic almost over and FKK is going to be back to normal for spring already? It looks like for sure be over by this summer, so we are back to normal full mongering mode on full swing by late summer this year or?

Either way, this is good news! Pandemic seems to be over by summer for sure in all sectors including all restrictions! Only thing is entering country without restriction!

[Mr Ho]

True a lot of English people migrated over during the Roman empire which would then make them partially Roman / Italian and there were invasions from Scandanavia into England and the Scandanavian people came from mainland Nortern Germany / Denmark.

And don't forget about the Chicana's in America. Chicanas are Latinas who were born in America thereby making them USA citizens and speak English (not Spanish) of Mexican descent.

Like many American people who talk about being real American, but they forgot the real of real American people called Native Indian people, they were the original of them all, but it seems they just cancel them out as if they did not even existed, but hey what they teach you in history class becomes real and it is as bad as some cult religion if you think about it LOL!

[Mr Ho]

English is younger than most other Indo-European languages with the English history being heavily intertwined with France, Germany, and Scandinavia. It is as tricky a language to classify as Romanian. English is technically considered a Germanic language, yet as another has mentioned, the vocabulary is 60% Latin in origin.

Communication is very important tool that can take you far in life, I learnt that in FKK, it is very important to communicate effectively and I learnt the best communication language in FKK called the power of 50 Euro LOL! That is all you have to know in FKK, 50 euro, 100 euro, 150 euro, 200 euro, you just change the number in front and say euro and that is the most effective communication in the world of FKK LOL! There is no need to speak any language, but euro LOL!

[Escape Artist]

So that makes English people Latin Greek Germanic people then LOL!

English is younger than most other Indo-European languages with the English history being heavily intertwined with France, Germany, and Scandinavia. It is as tricky a language to classify as Romanian. English is technically considered a Germanic language, yet as another has mentioned, the vocabulary is 60% Latin in origin.

[DrPoon]

So that makes English people Latin Greek Germanic people then LOL!

True a lot of English people migrated over during the Roman empire which would then make them partially Roman / Italian and there were invasions from Scandanavia into England and the Scandanavian people came from mainland Nortern Germany / Denmark.

And don't forget about the Chicana's in America. Chicanas are Latinas who were born in America thereby making them USA citizens and speak English (not Spanish) of Mexican descent.

[PaulInZurich]

Geez didn't know this would set off a fire storm.

Hey Steve, didn't mean for my reply to sound harsh in any way. We can disagree about stuff and still respond normally to each other.

[Escape Artist]

Often Latin in culture, in more than just language:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultur...ia?wprov=sfti1

The modern national mythology contends Romanians are An island of Latinity in a Slavic sea and The only Orthodox Christian Latin people.

For some reason, NYC Latin Culture Magazine incorporates Romania as a Culturally and historically Latin country:

https://www.newyorklatinculture.com/.../romanian/?amp

Once more, Latin culture of Romanians as described by a Romanian cultural academic:

https://www.ijcr.eu/articole/180_30_...R%202-2014.pdf

[Escape Artist]

Romanians are not Latinas. Latinas are from Central and Southern America which speak Spanish. Spanish itself came from Latin. Latin was spoken by most of Europe from 700 BC to 476 BC. Then Latin started to change in regional areas because they used slang and stopped pronouncing Latin correctly and this became Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. And English itself is a mixture of old Germanic mixed with Latin.

Agreed. Romanians are not Latinas or Latinos.

Romanian culture however is very Latin, and in more than just language.

[Mr Ho]

Yes, Romanian is considered to be a Latin language. But the percentage of vocabulary is generally not the determining factor.

Sixty percent of the English language comes from Classical Latin or Greek. Despite that, English is not a Romance (or Hellenic) language. English is classified as a Germanic language. When one looks at the 100 most used words in the English language, 96 of them are of Germanic origin: https://www.contentjuice.co.uk/perce...ually-english/.

So that makes English people Latin Greek Germanic people then LOL!

[McAdonis]

There is pretty much consensus amongst linguists that Romanian language is a Romance language. Romanian takes at most 15 % of the vocabulary from Slavic languages, the majority of the vocabulary is of Latin origin.

Yes, Romanian is considered to be a Latin language. But the percentage of vocabulary is generally not the determining factor.

Sixty percent of the English language comes from Classical Latin or Greek. Despite that, English is not a Romance (or Hellenic) language. English is classified as a Germanic language. When one looks at the 100 most used words in the English language, 96 of them are of Germanic origin: https://www.contentjuice.co.uk/perce...ually-english/.

[DrPoon]

I think they def are Latinas. And Romanian is more like Italian than Russian. It just has a lot of Slavic words.

Romanians are not Latinas. Latinas are from Central and Southern America which speak Spanish. Spanish itself came from Latin. Latin was spoken by most of Europe from 700 BC to 476 BC. Then Latin started to change in regional areas because they used slang and stopped pronouncing Latin correctly and this became Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. And English itself is a mixture of old Germanic mixed with Latin.