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Topic: What does it mean? |
ow28
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:37 pm Subject: What does it mean? |
| In Russian word "evrey" existed before the revolution too (see Brockgauz andEfron enciclopedic dictionary), it simply originates to the different stem (comp. Italian "ebreo"). Probably over some exten ... |
Topic: What does it mean? |
ow28
Replies: 27
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:17 pm Subject: What does it mean? |
Is it also true that our word "żyd'" is considered anti-Semetic in Russian?Because in Poland, it's about as offensive as "Jew", in other words not at all.
Exactly the same word with the sam ... |
Topic: What does it mean? |
ow28
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:09 am Subject: What does it mean? |
OOOOOOOhhhh, now I understand
"Kurwa" !
In Russian we have the word as well. I believe it's Polish .
And "bydlo" - means very stupid and rude prson suitable for general labor only. It's co ... |
Topic: What does it mean? |
ow28
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:03 pm Subject: What does it mean? |
bleen(blin) is a pancake yes, but also its a word to express disappointment or annoyance.. so instead of "how annoying!" or "what a pity!" you can say blin! absolutely normal word... blin! = darn!
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Topic: Canadians are marrying outside the country |
ow28
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:16 am Subject: Canadians are marrying outside the country |
I do believe yes, but you have to have your parents permission. But I have never seen it happens.
So who is the 14 year old you are going to marry?
In Quebeq- 12 y o.
%% of foreign spouse ... |
Topic: Are Russians Racists? |
ow28
Replies: 79
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:10 am Subject: Are Russians Racists? |
Well, you can, but its not going to be long until that dog starts pissing on your carpet.
There is one very simple technique to maintain carpets clean.
Dead dog does not piss on carpet. |
Topic: Are Russians Racists? |
ow28
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:28 pm Subject: Re: Are Russians Racists? |
Are Russian people racist? What do you think of black people? Non-Russians? Americans?
Here is an answer for your question
http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/ ... |
Topic: Are Russians Racists? |
ow28
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Views: 35443
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:28 am Subject: Re: |
Look up the 2001 Census records, and is why dark-skinned Indians and Africans virtually non-existent there.
Very funny posting. I'll try to explain. May be, I am not sure but just maybe because i ... |
Topic: How to look inconspicuous |
ow28
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Forum: Russian Contexts, Myths and Truths Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:41 am Subject: How to look inconspicuous |
Maybe you just don't notice the ones you miss....I'm telling you from personal experience that most people here don't recognize me as a Russian....even with me talking or walking.
As I can see you ... |
Topic: How to look inconspicuous |
ow28
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Forum: Russian Contexts, Myths and Truths Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:12 am Subject: How to look inconspicuous |
If one wants to blend
1. Glance should be fixed like a wolf's. If you turn your glance somewhere try to see what is before you. Westerns have "wandiring" , purposeless glances.
Russians often i ... |
Topic: Russian Men |
ow28
Replies: 60
Views: 29620
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:05 am Subject: Re: Chechyn |
You are right!! It is time for Russia to kill more of its youth so they can build another damn monument in Moscow. They are really good at it. Hi Ho Hi Ho off to get killed in Chechyn I go.
Rus ... |
Topic: Russian Men |
ow28
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Views: 29620
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:57 am Subject: Russian Men |
--Well, the fact that there is not much to be said about Russian men is because first of all there are not that many of them.
Actually, appr. 48% of all Russians.
--On my three month trip to R ... |
Topic: Russian Men |
ow28
Replies: 60
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:42 am Subject: Re: cultural differences? |
Diana,
I live not far from you and I can share my thoughts about young russian girls abroad.
Read your post one more time. You have been for 2 years only in US but you have a permanent russian b ... |
Topic: life's better in Russia now? |
ow28
Replies: 88
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 3:32 am Subject: life's better in Russia now? |
1 to Camrade
2 to Alice we have more freedom than in USA!!
May be it's funny but even in Andropov times we had "... more freedom than in USA!!".
Why?
Because it's much easier to shut up onc ... |
Topic: crisis in Ukraine: Russia and UE |
ow28
Replies: 49
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:03 pm Subject: crisis in Ukraine: Russia and UE |
An old man is in bad for several days. His grandson looks in his bedroom:
-- "How do you feel, Grandy?"
-- "And don't even hope."
In that joke it was a dying old hebrew
Sure, I know. But I hav ... |
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