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There are extensive tunnels and caves beneath Budapest, including the Buda Castle Labyrinth, the Kobanya Cellar, and the Gellert Baths Tunnels. | There are extensive tunnels and caves beneath Budapest, including the Buda Castle Labyrinth, the Kobanya Cellar, and the Gellert Baths Tunnels. | ||
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'''Újpest'''<br /> | '''Újpest'''<br /> | ||
Hungarian: New Pest. Now the fourth district of Budapest. At the time it was a separate town. | Hungarian: New Pest. Now the fourth district of Budapest. At the time it was a separate town. | ||
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| + | '''Tungsram'''<br /> | ||
| + | A manufacturer of lightbulbs and vacuum tubes, located in Újpest. It was the first to use tungsten filaments, which was a major advance. | ||
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| + | '''theremin'''<br /> | ||
| + | An electronic musical instrument using two antennas. The capacitance formed between the performer's hands and the antennas controls the pitch and volume. | ||
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| + | '''Clara Rockmore'''<br /> | ||
| + | A theremin performer who achieved considerable fame. | ||
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| + | '''Sealex machines'''<br /> | ||
| + | Devices for the automation of vacuum tube manufacturing. Sealex appears to be a generic term rather than a specific brand. | ||
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| + | '''Béla Kun'''<br /> | ||
| + | A Hungarian communist who in 1919 lead a coup to form the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The government was viciously repressive. | ||
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| + | '''Miklos Horthy'''<br /> | ||
| + | Hungarian admiral and politician. After the collapse of the Kun government he was made Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, in effect a dictator. His government was nationalist, conservative, and antisemitic. | ||
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| + | ==Page 186== | ||
| + | '''''Menj a halál faszára'''''<br /> | ||
| + | Hungarian: Literally, go to the dick of death. Figuratively, fuck off. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:04, 11 November 2025
Contents
Page 180
kleine Kartoffel
German: small potato, figurately small fry.
Page 182
Guzzista
Italian: A biker
Into a tunnel
There are extensive tunnels and caves beneath Budapest, including the Buda Castle Labyrinth, the Kobanya Cellar, and the Gellert Baths Tunnels.
Page 183
Újpest
Hungarian: New Pest. Now the fourth district of Budapest. At the time it was a separate town.
Tungsram
A manufacturer of lightbulbs and vacuum tubes, located in Újpest. It was the first to use tungsten filaments, which was a major advance.
theremin
An electronic musical instrument using two antennas. The capacitance formed between the performer's hands and the antennas controls the pitch and volume.
Page 184
Clara Rockmore
A theremin performer who achieved considerable fame.
Sealex machines
Devices for the automation of vacuum tube manufacturing. Sealex appears to be a generic term rather than a specific brand.
Béla Kun
A Hungarian communist who in 1919 lead a coup to form the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The government was viciously repressive.
Miklos Horthy
Hungarian admiral and politician. After the collapse of the Kun government he was made Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, in effect a dictator. His government was nationalist, conservative, and antisemitic.
Page 186
Menj a halál faszára
Hungarian: Literally, go to the dick of death. Figuratively, fuck off.
