so I am going to Russia in search of women. (movies, family)

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by nuala

C'mon, take it easy on Luyty, he's just recently sailed into the ocean of English...

Thank you very much, Nuala, for your support.

[zaicheg]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

There are romance phrase books on the market! Quite hilarious!

Oh, yeah, totally laughable. In fact, a phrase book isn't much helpful for as much as ordering a meal or figuring out reservation error in a hotel let alone romance.

[nuala]

Originally Posted by Лютый

Thank you very much, Nuala, for your support.

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by zaicheg

Не путай(те), зайчик есть зайчик, пушистенькая така педерастическая дрянь. Зайчегг - это совсем другой зверь аднака. До вас там похоже не дошли последние веяния великого и могучего... А в центре уже и в кино и в теле-еле. Никогда не думал что жаргон падонкафф так встанет. Но он встал. И угрожает самому существованию великого и могучего.

Так ведь я и обратился к вам - "ЗайчЕГ". А по сему, понятно, что "жаргон падонкафф" известен, как и у вас там, в Зарубежье" - "ebonics" (кажется так ...). Однако, наврядли эти изыски как-нибудь повлияют на "великий и могучий" и на не менее великий american-english.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by zaicheg

Oh, yeah, totally laughable. In fact, a phrase book isn't much helpful for as much as ordering a meal or figuring out reservation error in a hotel let alone romance.

And the response could be a real problem in countries where people nod and shake their heads in the opposite direction! It can get you a beating-up or two. In Greece, for instance, they happen to say "ne (nai)" for "yes"! Most unassuming people would perceive it as some form of "no"!

[Waynec613]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

And the response could be a real problem in countries where people nod and shake their heads in the opposite direction! It can get you a beating-up or two. In Greece, for instance, they happen to say "ne (nai)" for "yes"! Most unassuming people would perceive it as some form of "no"!

Sooooo, what your saying is "no" means "yes" there? That's it, I'm moving!

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by Waynec613

Sooooo, what your saying is "no" means "yes" there? That's it, I'm moving!

No, "no" means "no" everywhere ; only that their "no" happens to be "ohi."

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by zaicheg

Ну да, оно и понятно. Никогда не забуду как в экспедисии по Якутии старикан-якут-оленевод уговаривал нас пацанов переспать с его внучкой.. Бубнил-бубнил, выспаться не дал, скатина. Павбивав би...

Кстати, я бывал в Якутии. Сейчас живу на Чукотке. Ваш случай с просьбами деда-якута уже вошёл в классику анекдотов.

[zaicheg]

Originally Posted by Лютый

Однако, наврядли эти изыски как-нибудь повлияют на "великий и могучий" и на не менее великий american-english.

Let's pray and hope. Virtually nobody speaks Ebonics in the USA, but from my chair "padonki" seems to be gaining momentum. Although I can't tell for sure, have been detached from that part of the world for decades already, you tell me, you know better. All languages change, but it would be too sad to see the language of Leskov and Tolstoy yielding to the padonki slang... Sorry for off-topeg!

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by zaicheg

Let's pray and hope. Virtually nobody speaks Ebonics in the USA, but from my chair "padonki" seems to be gaining momentum. Although I can't tell for sure, have been detached from that part of the world for decades already, you tell me, you know better. All languages change, but it would be too sad to see the language of Leskov and Tolstoy yielding to the padonki slang... Sorry for off-topeg!

... всё это наносное - приходящее и уходящее. Классика есть классика и останется фундаментом, а пыль слетит, ... уступая место другой очередной временной языковой шелухе ... .
Ну, да ладно. Приятно было пообщаться с Земляком. Мне пора уходить. Удачи! Может и свидимся здесь.