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Culture

In general Hungarians are not uninhibited like the Romanians or the sentimental Slavs, who will laugh or cry at the drop of a hat (or a drink). They are reserved, very formal people. Forget about the impassioned, devil-may-care Gypsy stereotype – it doesn’t exist. The overall mood is one of honfibú, literally ‘patriotic sorrow’ but really a penchant for the blues.

For outsiders, there are few special rules governing interpersonal relationships or conduct. If you’re invited to someone’s home, bring a bunch of flowers (available in profusion all year) or a bottle of good local wine. You can talk about anything, but money is a touchy subject. Traditionally, the discussion or manifestation of wealth was considered gauche here (and throughout Eastern Europe). Nowadays noone thinks they have enough money, and those still in the low-paying public sector are often envious of people who have made the leap to better jobs with private businesses. Your salary – piddling as you may think it is – will astonish most Hungarians.

Hungarian names

Hungarians put surnames before given names in all usages, even in casual conversation. Thus John Smith is always Kovacs Janos in Hungarian while Elizabeth Taylor would be Szabo Erzsebet. To avoid confusion, all Hungarian names in this chapter are written in the usual Western manner – first name first – including the names of museums and theatres if they are translated into English, the Arany Janos szinhaz in Budapest is the Janos Arany Theatre in English. Addresses are always written in Hungarian: Kossuth Lajos utca, Arany Janos ter etc.

Hungarians celebrate `namedays`