o mie nouă sute toamna
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “nineteen-hundred-autumn”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]o mie nouă sute toamna (humorous)
- An unspecified date in the past.
- 2002, Patrick Călinescu, “Pe cont propriu”, in Vatra, year 29, numbers 11–12, Târgu Mureș, →ISSN, page 97:
- FILOFTEIA (mulțumită de răspuns): Ei, aici ai spus o vorbă mare, Gheorghe!
GHEORGHE (mândru): Am spus???
FILOFTEIA (ironică): Cum nu! Cât prostia ta de mare, Gheorghe!
GHEORGHE (trezit ca din transă): Auzi…
FILOFTEIA (jucăușă): Din o mie nouă sute toamna!- FILOFTEIA (pleased with the answer): Well, you said some great words here, Gheorghe!
GHEORGHE (proud): I did???
FILOFTEIA (ironic): Of course! As great as your stupidity, Gheorghe!
GHEORGHE (like woken up from a trance): Wouldn’t you look at that…
FILOFTEIA (playful): From the Stone Age!
- FILOFTEIA (pleased with the answer): Well, you said some great words here, Gheorghe!
- 2010 July, Mihai Călin, Level[1], number 154, Brașov, →ISSN, page 59:
- Mașinile cele mai cele din toate cele, inclusiv o broscuță din o mie nouă sute toamna, toate cu o mie și una de arme, care mai de care mai spărgătoare de parbrize.
- All manner of cars, including a VW Beetle from back in the day, all equipped with a thousand and one weapons, each more windshield-breaking than the other.
Usage notes
[edit]Often deprecatingly referring to the year of origin of something obsolete or to a historical date that the speaker does not remember.