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Seriously, Jay? using a translator or actual knowledge? And, how??? Does everyone in this country speak russian secretly?
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haha, sekretno vse znayoot oni Ed 
I Pyckii, vidish' eto krov' (blood?) chernoy marketi
But seriously, I found it a difficult language, but mostly because I learned it in 47 weeks in an accelerated course. I also had communist era teachers who made you pay all the old respects, like standing up when they came in and so on, haha.
I Pyckii, vidish' eto krov' (blood?) chernoy marketi But seriously, I found it a difficult language, but mostly because I learned it in 47 weeks in an accelerated course. I also had communist era teachers who made you pay all the old respects, like standing up when they came in and so on, haha.
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Ed,
I was born and raised in Poland at the time when Communism was still the only way to be. When Communism was pushed out by Democracy, English and German was a secondary language. Nobody wanted to learn Russian but we had no choice, now they do. English/German/French/Italian - you pick.
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LOL, tony, that is funny. I remember those, I am naturally left-handed, so I used to get hit on the hand for using my left hand to write. Russian school system, gotta love it, But makes great students. Chemistry (organi/non-organic) by 6th grade, Physics (electricity, ....) by 8th, and knowledge of nuclear reactor workings by 9th grade. Plus a second language REQUIRED. In the early 90's I worked for Los Angeles School District, teaching ESL (english as second language) and it was amazing to see the russian kids come and bypass it and go straight to 11th grade english, plus graduate at 17 after submitting their insane transcripts and taking tests. I personally graduated highschool in 3 semesters at 17 years old, while taking 12th grade AP English in my 3rd semester in US.
Jay, so your last name is not really Luto, right? I know lots of russians and poles change their names. My in-laws last name was (ready?) Zelenchoynok, now it's Zelich. I actually am quarter-polish. My grandfather on my dad's side ran from Germans into Russia, spent the WW2 in the camps in syberia, then on the way back, met my grandma and stayed. His first family (wife and 2 kids) died in Poland, they got separated. But I get my non-russian last name from him, Greenberg. Did not have to change it when I got here, pretty popular actually.
Jay, so your last name is not really Luto, right? I know lots of russians and poles change their names. My in-laws last name was (ready?) Zelenchoynok, now it's Zelich. I actually am quarter-polish. My grandfather on my dad's side ran from Germans into Russia, spent the WW2 in the camps in syberia, then on the way back, met my grandma and stayed. His first family (wife and 2 kids) died in Poland, they got separated. But I get my non-russian last name from him, Greenberg. Did not have to change it when I got here, pretty popular actually.
Haha, this is a fun thread, and my cup of tea since I'm a linguist hehe
Also dann, wer hier willt sprechen auf deutsch oder etwas anderes? haha
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Also dann, wer hier willt sprechen auf deutsch oder etwas anderes? haha
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paradise said:Jay, so your last name is not really Luto, right? I know lots of russians and poles change their names. My in-laws last name was (ready?) Zelenchoynok, now it's Zelich. I actually am quarter-polish. My grandfather on my dad's side ran from Germans into Russia, spent the WW2 in the camps in syberia, then on the way back, met my grandma and stayed. His first family (wife and 2 kids) died in Poland, they got separated. But I get my non-russian last name from him, Greenberg. Did not have to change it when I got here, pretty popular actually.
Hahah.
I get that a lot but this is my full last name. I asked my grandmother and from what she learned in the past, our family was either german or italian or who knows what. I always thought about doing major research and looking up ancestry but never actually did it. I know there was a lot of Italians who came to US with the same last names so maybe that’s a sign.
