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2024-07-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Notes from the Russia-Former Soviet Union desk -- UPDATED

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Posted by badanov 2024-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 I dunno about these languages that string so many consonants together.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-07-22 12:04|| 2024-07-22 12:04|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ It is worse than that. Not only do they have a weird alphabet, but they have a different word for almost everything.

Posted by SteveS 2024-07-22 12:30|| 2024-07-22 12:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Well Russian is kinda based on the Greek alphabet as I understand it.

So I cab honestly say that Russian is all Greek to me...

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-07-22 17:16|| 2024-07-22 17:16|| Front Page Top

#4 *Swoon*

Posted by trailing wife 2024-07-22 21:35|| 2024-07-22 21:35|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a (very) old joke: Man says "I speak every language in the world. Except Greek." Me: "How about Russian?" Man: "Sorry.That's Greek to me"

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-07-22 21:46|| 2024-07-22 21:46|| Front Page Top

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