Constan\u021ba, la \u00eenceputul veacului XX, devenise un ora\u0219 foarte vizitat de c\u0103tre marii oameni de cultur\u0103 ai Rom\u00e2niei. Ion Luca Caragiale avea mul\u021bi prieteni \u00een vechea urbe a Tomisului, iar unul dintre ace\u0219tia era inginerul Zossima, la care tr\u0103gea peste noapte de cele mai multe ori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00centr-o zi torid\u0103 de var\u0103 a anului 1902, scriitorul se plimba pe str\u0103du\u021bele ce d\u0103deau \u00een Pia\u021ba Ovidiu, printre tarabele \u0219i magazinele pestri\u021be, unde st\u0103ruiau \u00eenc\u0103 farmecul \u0219i aromele Levantului \u0219i unde se vorbeau de-a valma toate limbile Dobrogei, de la rom\u00e2na celor mai mul\u021bi, la turc\u0103, t\u0103tar\u0103, armean\u0103, greac\u0103 sau evreiasc\u0103…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S-a oprit \u00een fa\u021ba unui lustragiu b\u0103tr\u00e2n, un t\u0103tar plin de ani \u0219i de nevoi, pe care \u00eel mai salutase \u00een diverse r\u00e2nduri, \u00een plimb\u0103rile sale. Cu chef de glum\u0103, coco\u021bat pe sc\u0103unelul mo\u0219neagului, Caragiale \u00eencepu s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i lanseze tirada de \u00eentreb\u0103ri menite s\u0103 \u00eel \u00eencol\u021beasc\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 \u00eel pun\u0103 \u00een dificultate pe t\u0103tar, care r\u0103spundea, de fiecare dat\u0103, molcom, \u00een rom\u00e2na sa cu accent specific:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201e – E frumos la voi, dar spune-mi Marea asta Neagr\u0103 e mare, Osmane?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – E mare, bre boierule.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Dar Dun\u0103rea asta, ce nu-i departe, e mare Osmane?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – E mare, bre.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – P\u0103i stai c\u0103 nu \u00een\u021beleg. Dac\u0103 Marea e mare, cum s\u0103 fie \u0219i Dun\u0103rea Mare? Care e mai mare \u0219i cum e Dun\u0103rea? C\u0103 Dun\u0103rea nu are cum s\u0103 fie \u0219i Mare, \u0219i mare…\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Derutat de schimbul de replici, ne\u0219tiind ce s\u0103 mai r\u0103spund\u0103, b\u0103tr\u00e2nul lustragiu t\u0103cu dintr-o dat\u0103, \u00ee\u0219i gr\u0103bi lucrul \u0219i dup\u0103 ce termin\u0103 pantofii boierului, lu\u0103 banii, \u00ee\u0219i str\u00e2nse sc\u0103unelul \u0219i se porni s\u0103 plece acas\u0103, dup\u0103 ce salut\u0103 politicos. F\u0103cu \u00eens\u0103 doar doi-trei pa\u0219i, apoi se \u00eentoarse spre Caragiale \u0219i cu n\u0103duf \u0219i ironie, \u00ee\u0219i zise ultima replic\u0103, pun\u00e2nd punct discu\u021biei anterioare, \u00eentr-un final:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201e- Boierule, Marea e Mare, Dun\u0103rea e mare, dar \u0219i mata e\u0219ti Mare… Pezevenghi!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Osman plec\u0103 apoi aproape fugind, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai a\u0219tepte vreo replic\u0103 a scriitorului. Caragiale z\u00e2mbi amuzat, \u00ee\u0219i aranj\u0103 musta\u021ba \u0219i porni spre casa Zossima, unde povesti, la pr\u00e2nz, fiecare replic\u0103 purtat\u0103 \u00eentre el \u0219i b\u0103tr\u00e2nul lustragiu Osman…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reclama zilei<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Afi\u0219e, Reclame, Liste de Mas\u0103 \u0219i tot felul de imprimate artistic executate pute\u021bi g\u0103si doar la Tipografia Dacia. (1932)<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Constan\u021ba, la \u00eenceputul veacului XX, devenise un ora\u0219 foarte vizitat de c\u0103tre marii oameni de cultur\u0103 ai Rom\u00e2niei. Ion Luca Caragiale avea mul\u021bi prieteni \u00een vechea urbe a Tomisului, iar unul dintre ace\u0219tia era inginerul Zossima, la care tr\u0103gea peste noapte de cele mai multe ori. \u00centr-o zi torid\u0103 de var\u0103 a anului 1902, scriitorul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[91,86,84,85],"class_list":["post-7648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astazi-la-constanta","tag-constanta","tag-istorie","tag-minac","tag-muzeu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7650,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648\/revisions\/7650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}