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From: Hector Santos on 24 May 2010 02:28 Pete Delgado wrote: >> Yes. I did some 4 years of Russian some (many) years ago :-) > > Hey! I took Russian too! I guess I'm not the only one who thought Russian > would be a neat language to learn! :-) Was it? I had four years of French, and I regretted I was never able to use it for anyting. :) -- HLS
From: Mihai N. on 24 May 2010 05:12 > I guess I'm not the only one who thought Russian > would be a neat language to learn! :-) Growing up in comunist Romania it was not my choice :-) I was lucky to also get some 13 years of French and 4 of English. Both of them practiced way more than the Russian. Add to that some years of watching Bulgarian TV, and the result is that I understand some Russian and Bulgarian, but I can't speak any because I mix things. For some words I know both the Russian and Bulgarian form, for some only one. Then in some cases I know that is the language, in other cases I don't. A complete mess :-) -- Mihai Nita [Microsoft MVP, Visual C++] http://www.mihai-nita.net ------------------------------------------ Replace _year_ with _ to get the real email
From: Hector Santos on 24 May 2010 13:10 Mihai N. wrote: >> I guess I'm not the only one who thought Russian >> would be a neat language to learn! :-) > > Growing up in comunist Romania it was not my choice :-) > I was lucky to also get some 13 years of French and 4 of English. > Both of them practiced way more than the Russian. > > Add to that some years of watching Bulgarian TV, and the result is > that I understand some Russian and Bulgarian, but I can't speak any > because I mix things. For some words I know both the Russian and > Bulgarian form, for some only one. Then in some cases I know > that is the language, in other cases I don't. A complete mess :-) But fascinating. Its like me with Spanglish :) What was the first computer language you learn? -- HLS
From: Pete Delgado on 24 May 2010 13:16 "Hector Santos" <sant9442(a)nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:O85Ynpw%23KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Pete Delgado wrote: > >>> Yes. I did some 4 years of Russian some (many) years ago :-) >> >> Hey! I took Russian too! I guess I'm not the only one who thought >> Russian would be a neat language to learn! :-) > > Was it? I would have to say without reservations that yes, it was a very interesting language to learn. I had several classmates go on to the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in CA to complete their studies and work for the government so for them it was interesting and profitable! :-) > > I had four years of French, and I regretted I was never able to use it for > anyting. :) I still wonder why so many high schools and colleges teach French as it seems to me that the more useful languages are Spanish, Japanese, German, Russian and Chinese. The persistance of French in the curriculum seems to be a by-product of a time when French was considered "cultured". I have used my Russian from time to time, but for the most past it was simply an interesting experience. -Pete
From: Hector Santos on 24 May 2010 14:18
Pete Delgado wrote: > I would have to say without reservations that yes, it was a very interesting > language to learn. I had several classmates go on to the Defense Language > Institute (DLI) in CA to complete their studies and work for the government > so for them it was interesting and profitable! :-) I figured it was Defense related. :) > I still wonder why so many high schools and colleges teach French as it > seems to me that the more useful languages are Spanish, Japanese, German, > Russian and Chinese. The persistance of French in the curriculum seems to > be a by-product of a time when French was considered "cultured". I agree, and in my case I was chasing a sweet bunny tail :) The only thing I know almost well still today is the national anthem. <g> -- HLS |