Valnao@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoFormer New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenshipwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFormer New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenshipwww.theguardian.comValnao@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhat an odd choice of country.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoProbably the only one that would take him.
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIt’s cheap, and it’s beautiful. With a little bit of money you could live like a king there
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI’ll pass, I’m not straight and religious enough to enjoy it there.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoEven those that are, aren’t.
minus-squareEvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSome even say that Albania is the New York of Albania.
minus-squareBrummbaer@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIf that is another Simpsons reverence, well done. Maybe I’m missing subtext here and “steamed ham” means something else in Albanian.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoI couldn’t quickly turn up anything to suggest it’s used in any idiomatic expression, so presumably they just meant it’s a normal Albanian term rather than any figure of speech.
What an odd choice of country.
Probably the only one that would take him.
It’s cheap, and it’s beautiful. With a little bit of money you could live like a king there
I’ll pass, I’m not straight and religious enough to enjoy it there.
Even those that are, aren’t.
Some even say that Albania is the New York of Albania.
Probably for the proshutë e avulluar.
If that is another Simpsons reverence, well done. Maybe I’m missing subtext here and “steamed ham” means something else in Albanian.
It’s an
Albanyalbanian expression.What does the expression mean?
I couldn’t quickly turn up anything to suggest it’s used in any idiomatic expression, so presumably they just meant it’s a normal Albanian term rather than any figure of speech.
Thanks for looking out up!