What do you like and don't like about Hungarians?

**Sagitta Hungarica** · 10-22-2011, 11:59 AM

Every nation has positive and negative aspects. Which are those in the case of Hungarians?

**~~mymy~~** · 10-22-2011, 01:54 PM

Like: Lot of things because i'm big fan of Central Europe, but i will say mentality, unique national culture, interesting sounding language, Budapest is one of my favorite cities-lovely architecture (i even use pendant for keys on what is written "I love Budapest"

).

Dislike: I don't know, i still didn't have bad experience or maybe i don't have enough knowledge to notice bad things- although some Serbs say that Hungarians are in general mistrustful toward us.

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 10-22-2011, 02:02 PM

I am mystified by the fact Hungarians have managed to continue speaking a language completely unrelated to those of their neighbors for so long.

**bluesky** · 10-22-2011, 02:07 PM

Like the hungarian folkdance legenyes

what i dislike is.. well i dont know that they speak a non indo-european language maybe

**Raikaswinþs** · 10-22-2011, 02:14 PM

I like Budapest, I like Leczo, Gulasz, Tokai (a company of my home province owns a lot of farmland therenand produces very nice wines).Hungarians are a beautiful people.The country reminds me a lot to Castile the Old

**Sagitta Hungarica** · 10-22-2011, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Clementina

I am mystified by the fact Hungarians have managed to continue speaking a language completely unrelated to those of their neighbors for so long.

I wish I would see the dumb look on Johann Gottfried von Herder's face, that today still around 15 million people speak Hungarian, since in 1791 he prophesied that in the coming centuries we won't even find traces of spoken Hungarian anymore

**Sagitta Hungarica** · 10-22-2011, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by mymy

Like: Lot of things because i'm big fan of Central Europe, but i will say mentality, unique national culture, interesting sounding language, Budapest is one of my favorite cities-lovely architecture (i even use pendant for keys on what is written "I love Budapest"

).

Dislike: I don't know, i still didn't have bad experience or maybe i don't have enough knowledge to notice bad things- although some Serbs say that Hungarians are in general mistrustful toward us.

Well the treatment of Hungarians in Vojvodina isn't exactly a model to follow in how to respect minorities. I was reading that in the recent census that was held in Serbia, the people who collected data from person to person in cases refused to write Hungarian to the person's ethnicity field, even if this person insisted that he declares him or herself Hungarian. I can only imagine how many elderly Hungarian persons were fooled this way, who probably didn't verified what were the data collectors writing about their nationalities. The same thing I read happened to Hungarians in Slovakia, and is happening today at the census in Romania. Very unfriendly attitude towards Hungarians, don't you think?

**Absinthe** · 10-22-2011, 03:30 PM

Like:
mentality, language, traditions, horseback archery, food, looks

, etc...

Don't like: not sure I have discovered anything, yet

**Armand_Duval** · 10-22-2011, 03:49 PM

Hungarians need to be more friendly with turist they need to be more cheerful and less bitter, also they need to be more honest and treat tourist with more honestity.

Budapest is a very nice and beautiful city, I would even dare to say it is more beautiful than Prague but Hungarians need to improve in their attitude.

**Sally** · 10-22-2011, 03:50 PM

Like: Hungarian cinema, Vizlas, Kuvasz dogs, Saint Martin of Tours, Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Kinga, Béla Lugosi, coffee houses, Gesztenye püré...

Don't like: Like Absinthe, I don't think I've found anything yet!