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danbmw21 OP t1_j6eaydi wrote

Reply to comment by dr_xenon in my dad, the rebel, in communist Romania circa 1968 by danbmw21

The shirt is a romanian rock band and i have no clue about the cigarette holder - everyone was smoking like chimneys back then and I'm sure it was just another way to look cool

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tmrcz t1_j6fzydd wrote

was there a Romanian Metro at exact same time as the Hungarian Metro?

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danbmw21 OP t1_j6g34e9 wrote

Yeah, it was actually the Hungarian Metro. My dad thought they were Romanian cause that's what he was told at the time.

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tmrcz t1_j6g3dw3 wrote

from this I conclude he was Hungarian-speaking?

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danbmw21 OP t1_j6gkugb wrote

Yeah, he spoke Hungarian and ended marrying my mom, who is Hungarian, although when they moved to the U.S. they lost a lot of that language, just because they stopped using it so much

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