2006-11-08 12:03:09 · 10 answers · asked by Banana Maçã 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I am an English lady married to a Hungarian man who fled Hungary in 1956 when he was a teenager. I know quite a lot about Hungary and Hungarians then! There have been a few programmes about the 1956 revolution in Hungary on BBC TV lately, as it is the 50th anniversary this month. The Russian troops invaded and crushed the revolution, and there was a lot of bloodshed. Hungarians tended to be bitter against the West for not coming to their aid at that time....
The Hungarian language is different from any other European language (apart from possibly Finnish) but I did manage to learn it to speak to my in-laws! Generally I have found that the Hungarian women are friendly, but especially the older men are chauvinistic towards women...! Under Communism, children were forced to study Russian at school; now they want to learn English.
The country is very different now from when it was still Communist (before 1989). People can buy Western goods now, but don't have the money. Under Communism, basic essentials were cheap and plentiful, and most people had a job. Now there is galloping inflation, just like in the rest of the EU which Hungary has now joined. Some Hungarians say they were happier under Communism, as the pre-1989 systems there was not too repressive, and at least they were more secure in many ways. They seemed to have a knack of "toeing the Party line" but still managing to enjoy life. Now things are more uncertain.
2006-11-08 22:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by jill_vic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If one of them offers you a local drink called Unicum....run like hell.
I have a group of Hungarian friends and a friendlier bunch of people you could not wish to meet.
2006-11-08 12:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Warlock Fiend 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they helped stave off the invasion of sulieman the magnificent at the battle of signefvar(sp?)castle which although pyrrhic,costing all of the defenders their lives caused sulieman a brain hemmoraghe which killed him from worrying about the stressful resistant even before he could attack europe proper!!the seglediy afmily of hungagary's patriach received a postumous granting of arms for his distinguished defense of this border castle!!sulieman's heart was supposedly sent back to baghdad his capital ;but his body remained secretly buried near the castle in hungary!!they are great horsemen having descended in some measure from the people of the steppes and the hunnic warriors of attila the hun,self-proclaimed "scourge of god" who had settled on the border area of rome having once threatened rome's very gates as a conquerror!!he met with pope gregory the great and after a secret conversation turned away his wrath and left italy!!the cossacks have much in common with their manner and style of life as herdsmen,horsemen,warriors and feircely independant people!!they are an illustrious peoplewith a great zest for life,a love of good food and drink,dance and musicality and with that romance!!
2006-11-08 12:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by eldoradoreefgold 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know Granville from "Open all Hours" was half Hungarian and he was alright.
2006-11-09 05:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They come from Hungary are called Magyrs and eat goulash
2006-11-08 12:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jack M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are very well known by their hospitality.
2006-11-08 12:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They make great wine.
2006-11-08 12:10:22 · answer #7 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they come from hungary
2006-11-08 13:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by tigger 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not a damn thing
2006-11-08 23:29:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they're human!
2006-11-08 12:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by notnot 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋