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Trivial Pursuits => Science & Nature => Topic started by: Xngurevar on April 05, 2006, 02:37:13 pm
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Braces are hard to do right. I never got good at them until I took a course on set theory. Now I write the crispest, pointiest braces you ever did see. Too bad the only braces I write these days are on the computer.
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I've even begun getting creative with my Russian script.
I am taking Russian, please elaborate.
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Whoah! I never realized that. People around here always just referred to one as curly, and the others as not so. I just figured I would deal with the mild confusion. But that makes sense. Good good.
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I am taking Russian, please elaborate.
More than (http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/1821/dsc008499zn.jpg) you ever cared (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9018/dsc008502fr.jpg) to know (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7666/dsc008529gb.jpg).
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Υ мзня есть бумага.
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More than (http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/1821/dsc008499zn.jpg) you ever cared (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9018/dsc008502fr.jpg) to know (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7666/dsc008529gb.jpg).
what's the thing that looks like an l with a bar over it? (second picture, 4th letter)
EVERYONE TALK RUSSIAN NOW.
очень хорошо!
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what's the thing that looks like an l with a bar over it? (second picture, 4th letter)
EVERYONE TALK RUSSIAN NOW.
очень хорошо!
Oh man, is SO cool!
(That's about as much Russian as I know)
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More than (http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/1821/dsc008499zn.jpg) you ever cared (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9018/dsc008502fr.jpg) to know (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7666/dsc008529gb.jpg).
Are these from your own dear hand Hobot? What do they read?
~Paul
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what's the thing that looks like an l with a bar over it? (second picture, 4th letter)
EVERYONE TALK RUSSIAN NOW.
[Omitted due to annoying smilies]
That's how I write my "t"s, because my professor permits us to do so (and everyone I know of in my class has taken her up on this allowance). I really should get into the habit of writing them correctly, though.
[Again, omitted]
EDIT: Okay, so the Cyrillic works when other people type it, but not when I quote it or type it myself. I figured this would happen.
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I took Russian for one (1) quarter in college but bailed on it after being informed that not only would I have to learn a whole new alphabet but that I'd also have to learn how to write it in cursive.
Dosvidanya, Boris.
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Are these from your own dear hand Hobot? What do they read?
~Paul
Yes, Paul, these are a select few of the flashcards I make to facilitate studying vocabulary words. The first is pronounced "chor'-ni ko'-fyeh," and means black coffee; the second is the declension of the adjective clean (in the Nominative case) and the forms are pronounced "chi'-sti," "chi-sty'-ah," "chi-sto'-yeh," and "chi-sti'-yeh"; and the third is also a declension of an adjective, this one meaning young, and its forms are pronounced "mah-lah-doy'," "mah-lah-dy'-ah," "mah-lah-do'-yeh," and "mah-lah-dee'-yeh."
I know there are more experienced Russian speakers than I on this board; if the pronunciations I've given are deemed inaccurate, I would defer to the opinion of said people.
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wow.
I love how I was sitting at school today, and I decided I should take a picture of one of the cool letters, and LO you have done it.
Writing in russian is hell of more impressive. i guess I'll bury those pictures of my writing in the backyard.
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I know there are more experienced Russian speakers than I on this board; if the pronunciations I've given are deemed inaccurate, I would defer to the opinion of said people.
You sure as hell don't mean me. I took three semesters of Russian in college, and it's as good as gone. My practical, real-world usage of Russian consists of saying "We need three chairs, right?" to a Russian dude at a meeting in Germany. I still remember bits here and there (my post above says "I have a piece of paper"), and can still read Cyrillic, but if claimed to be a Russian speaker at this point I'd be lying.
My German, now that's good shit.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that, Carlos. I was like, "He has paper? Okay."
I am currently in my second semester of Russian. I like it a lot.
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More than (http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/1821/dsc008499zn.jpg) you ever cared (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9018/dsc008502fr.jpg) to know (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/7666/dsc008529gb.jpg).
short cursive Ef looks like a c*ck
with some balls
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short cursive Ef looks like a c*ck
with some balls
Thank you, Bobby. Thanks for that.
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Bobby, everything looks like a cock and balls to you.
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The best is the Russian word for "how". It's spelled "kak" and pronounced "cock".
The second best word in Russian is "Babushka". It is mostly just fun to say.
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The best is the Russian word for "how". It's spelled "kak" and pronounced "cock".
The second best word in Russian is "Babushka". It is mostly just fun to say.
Vlad once starred in a porn movie called "Cock Dela?" about the world's friendliest nymphomaniac.
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Vlad once starred in a porn movie called "Cock Dela?" about the world's friendliest nymphomaniac.
I think you just made my day sir.
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The best is the Russian word for "how". It's spelled "kak" and pronounced "cock".
The second best word in Russian is "Babushka". It is mostly just fun to say.
The prize goes to the adjective "skootchni," which means boring.
By the way, lprkn, which textbook are you using in your class?
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The prize goes to the adjective "skootchni," which means boring.
My favorite is бстречатся (v-stree-chat-sya) "to meet" because it is IMPOSSIBLE TO PRONOUNCE
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We are using Голоса, which means "Voices" or something. It's ok. They do have audio files on their website (http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa.htm), which is cool, although I never use them.
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Ah, we are using "Nachalo" ("Beginning"). It came with an audio CD that I never listen to, and there is a running storyline throughout the books (of which there are two; one for first and another for second year Russian) with a video that we occasionally watch in class.
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My favorite is бстречатся (v-stree-chat-sya) "to meet" because it is IMPOSSIBLE TO PRONOUNCE
I see that it is a reflexive verb, so do you know in what sense it means to meet? I have not encountered this word before.
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I see that it is a reflexive verb, so do you know in what sense it means to meet? I have not encountered this word before.
the dictionary entry says that it means "to meet each other". So i guess it's reflexive in that sense?
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Ah, we are using "Nachalo" ("Beginning"). It came with an audio CD that I never listen to, and there is a running storyline throughout the books (of which there are two; one for first and another for second year Russian) with a video that we occasionally watch in class.
Ah, "Nachalo." It's one of the few textbooks I haven't sold, because, damnit, I'm gonna learn Russian one of these days.
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I keep saying that about Latin.
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I'm tempted to try one a total immersion program (http://sras.org/program.phtml?m=17) to help my fluency, but they are expensive.
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We are using Голоса, which means "Voices" or something. It's ok. They do have audio files on their website (http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa.htm), which is cool, although I never use them.
That's the textbook I used. My witty classmates were all "Голоса? More like Gol-uh-SUCK!" I think they were bitter because our prof insisted that Americans could never have patronyms, even if it's easy to add -vich to your dad's name and pretend.
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That's the textbook I used. My witty classmates were all "Голоса? More like Gol-uh-SUCK!" I think they were bitter because our prof insisted that Americans could never have patronyms, even if it's easy to add -vich to your dad's name and pretend.
Or "-ovna." Mine actually works (Davidovna), but I feel sorry for the people in my class whose fathers are named Charles (Charlesovna? Charlesovich? That sounds terrible.), and for the guy who is named after his father, so his name and patronymic are Fernando Fernandovich.
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That's the textbook I used. My witty classmates were all "Голоса? More like Gol-uh-SUCK!" I think they were bitter because our prof insisted that Americans could never have patronyms, even if it's easy to add -vich to your dad's name and pretend.
What about Johnson? Or Mc*?
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What about Johnson? Or Mc*?
Patronymics are derived from one's father's first name. Foreign surnames remain the same unless you are female, in which case an "a" is added to the end of the name.
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My favorite Russian word is "razgovarivat," which is basically "to chat idly," "to shoot the shit."
Speaking of "Kak," I like that the greeting "Kak zhivyosh?" is literally "How you livin'?"
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You russian speaking folks might like Everyone Drunk but Me (http://www.bigcheesepress.com/brandt.php), a cute little journal comic about a Laura Beth, who is a grad student studying Russian. It used to run at my uni's newspaper, and it's funny, and it's very cute. She spent a year in Russia, and now teaches it somewhere in Oregon.
"The final will be essay. No multiple choice like 'How did Pushkin Die? Eaten by bear.'"
Starting Point on that site is good too, but it's ending. Rockstar Weekend is funny sometimes, but I dislike the art.
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One of the more awesome things I ever heard a professor say was in Russian class. The instructor was harping on us rolling our Rs, and was going around having us say "ррррры" (Cyrillic p = Roman r, for those not in the know). She got to one girl who said "I can't do it. I just can't."
The instructor paused, and then said "In Russia, if you cannot make this sound, we send you to special school."
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Moved the Russian Writing from ACHEWOOD
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спасибо товариш!
(spelling is indeed wrong, but i can't figger out how to make them keyboards make them other letters real well)
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That's how I write my "t"s, because my professor permits us to do so (and everyone I know of in my class has taken her up on this allowance). I really should get into the habit of writing them correctly, though.
UPDATE: FlipConstantine, you will be pleased to learn that, thanks to you, I have now begun to write my "t"s the proper way (so that they look like English cursive "m"s). You have changed my (Russian writing-related) life.
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UPDATE: FlipConstantine, you will be pleased to learn that, thanks to you, I have now begun to write my "t"s the proper way (so that they look like English cursive "m"s). You have changed my (Russian writing-related) life.
It's the very least I could do.
Sorry I destroyed the one thing that made you unique amongst the teeming masses of russian speaking sheep. Sorry.
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It's the very least I could do.
Sorry I destroyed the one thing that made you unique amongst the teeming masses of russian speaking sheep. Sorry.
Now I'll have nothing to set me apart -- nothing!
Except these 300 POSTS.
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oh man
I really enjoyed Everyone is Drunk But me
Thank you, mite.
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I kind of liked that cartoon too, but it seemed like I kept randomly clicking on strips where a boyfriend had dumped her, so it was kind of depressing. Either she had an awful lot of boyfriends dump her or I had rather odd luck of the draw.
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She's had two pretty bad long-distance breakups, but the rest of them are good, promise!
We all had mad crushes on Laura Beth in college. I met her once at The Plaza - best dive bar in Madison. Everyone was very drunk, including her. Good times.
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The internet is indeed circular. I just finished 'Everyone Drunk But Me' about two weeks ago. Got the link from this blog (http://fromrussiawithblog.blogspot.com/). I enjoyed the characterization of her Russian language professor the most of all.
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Awesome - I'm glad she's getting hits. The other guys at the site have implied that she's far-and-away the most popular comic there, and I'm not suprised. I have one of hers on my fridge in which she fantasizes about Tony Blair. I've been carting it around since college.
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Awesome - I'm glad she's getting hits. The other guys at the site have implied that she's far-and-away the most popular comic there, and I'm not suprised. I have one of hers on my fridge in which she fantasizes about Tony Blair. I've been carting it around since college.
I stayed up 'til 1:30 AM reading the comics; I may be exhausted, but I'm amused.