A Conversation for Wind force twelve abaft the Beam
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Dec 30, 2001
njet, towarish Plato - i don't understand it either 
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plato <surfer> Posted Dec 30, 2001
*pours a 
for the Captain, and an 
for himself*
So... what's going on in the world today?
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
Well, that makes three of us...
*sips her vodka slowly*
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
Odnuvryemyen-niy
(simulpost)
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plato <surfer> Posted Dec 30, 2001
hehe... do you speak any other languages, AWC?
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
Certainly not English, if that's what you mean.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 30, 2001
The only Russian words I know are
"Da" (yes) and "nyet" (no). I learned
a few more when my brother returned
from a trip to Saratov with a two-year-old
boy that he adopted five years. For a while,
little "Sasha" responded more readily to
Russian phrases than English ones. Now
that he knows English so much better,
we have all forgotten the little bit of
Russian that we knew.
Offering
to Swashbot? Suppose he gets drunk and
starts singing "Louie, Louie" instead
of attending to his duties?
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plato <surfer> Posted Dec 30, 2001
That's true... we wouldn't want him/her ending up like "Bender" from the tv show "Futurama"...
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
Sounds good to me. We could do with a little entertainment around here.. let's see. *thinks a bit*
::whips out her little ukulele and begins to play 
"Little Grass Shack"::
Funny, how I can do this so well here on h2g2, when I've never played one before in my life... it's amazing!
*smiles and sings*
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Hati Posted Dec 30, 2001
OMG! I had to read the backlog! I just wanted to know why are you speaking Russian...
I can speak russian. But I'm afraid I'd fail writing russian in english. 
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
I read/write Russian much better than I can speak it, but it doesn't translate well into latin letters. I have to figure out how it's spelled first, and that's a challenge... boy howdy.
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Hati Posted Dec 30, 2001
Ican read and write it too, basicly. But I don't pay much attention on grammar. Well, they understand. And my English grammar is only a little better.
Is here any fresh coffee available?
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
Bring us some fresh 
please, Light!
::hands a mug to Hatifnat<--::
Russian grammar is almost as incomprehensible as English. Til now, I haven't known anyone else who speaks it... this place is amazing, just crawling with sharp people. I hope I can keep up with all of you "smarties".
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Hati Posted Dec 30, 2001
Thanks, AW.
*sips *
Russian grammar is far worse than English, believe me. They have some tricks I'm never able to understand. This finished and unfinished thing, I don't even know how to explain it in English. Sovershennyi-nyesovershennyi vid. 
Looks awful..
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Lighthousegirl - back on board Posted Dec 30, 2001
* stocks the shelves *
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
*admires the incredibly neat shelves*
I haven't gotten that far in my lessons yet. I can string a few verbs and nouns together, which may or may not make any sense to anyone. I'm still amazed at length of Russian words, by the time I've sounded out the last few syllabes, I've forgotten the first several. It's as difficult as dragging a live porcupine through a pile of razor blades while barefoot... but 'tis a worthy challenge.
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Hati Posted Dec 30, 2001
ROFL
The most amazing thing in Russian for me is the number of different ways they can use one word. Adding prefixes and sufixes etc they can actually complete a whole sentence using one primitive word. That goes only to "dirty" words unfortunately.
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
I have a dictionary of Russian obscenities. Haven't been able to make much sense of it... but there's one word I'm particularly fond of that means "object covered in frozen cow dung". I suppose a lot of things are coated in that manner in Russia.
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Hati Posted Dec 30, 2001
OMG! I wonder how does it look like in Russian - it doesn't ring the bell here.
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 30, 2001
I'll hunt for it. I can't remember at the moment.
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- 3501: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3502: plato <surfer> (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3503: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3504: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3505: plato <surfer> (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3506: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3507: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3508: plato <surfer> (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3509: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3510: Hati (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3511: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3512: Hati (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3513: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3514: Hati (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3515: Lighthousegirl - back on board (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3516: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3517: Hati (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3518: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 30, 2001)
- 3519: Hati (Dec 30, 2001)
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