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Re: sweet, Ray
« Reply #30 on: April 07, 2006, 02:42:39 pm »
Quote from: Turbo Ninja on April 07, 2006, 02:36:15 pm
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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Re: sweet, Ray
« Reply #31 on: April 07, 2006, 04:12:12 pm »
Quote from: Turbo Ninja on April 07, 2006, 02:36:15 pm
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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Re: sweet, Ray
« Reply #32 on: April 07, 2006, 04:33:21 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on April 07, 2006, 04:12:12 pm
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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Re: sweet, Ray
« Reply #33 on: April 07, 2006, 05:36:50 pm »
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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Re: sweet, Ray
« Reply #34 on: April 07, 2006, 05:56:55 pm »
You russian speaking folks might like Everyone Drunk but Me, 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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« Reply #35 on: April 07, 2006, 06:03:18 pm »
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #36 on: April 07, 2006, 06:20:01 pm »
Moved the Russian Writing from ACHEWOOD
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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #37 on: April 07, 2006, 09:06:39 pm »
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #38 on: April 08, 2006, 09:37:53 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on April 05, 2006, 06:51:24 pm
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #39 on: April 08, 2006, 10:53:42 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on April 08, 2006, 09:37:53 pm

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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #40 on: April 09, 2006, 02:23:48 am »
Quote from: FlipConstantine on April 08, 2006, 10:53:42 pm
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #41 on: April 09, 2006, 08:00:47 pm »
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I really enjoyed Everyone is Drunk But me
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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #42 on: April 09, 2006, 08:26:21 pm »
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #43 on: April 09, 2006, 09:10:30 pm »
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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Re: Russian Writing
« Reply #44 on: April 11, 2006, 02:03:08 am »
The internet is indeed circular. I just finished 'Everyone Drunk But Me' about two weeks ago. Got the link from this blog. I enjoyed the characterization of her Russian language professor the most of all.
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