pickin nits

calbert at tiac.net calbert at tiac.net
Wed Nov 17 09:42:46 CST 1999



t. flaherty govorit:

>`f s k o r i
                                 soon

ckopo  - skoro    as in skoro boodit      - it will soon be

no "f" glide.

>` s v a d b
                                 wedding

not sure of what is being transliterated, if it is the word "svoboda" - 
it means freedom (in spite of old ronnie's insistence that Russian 
had no word for it).

> p i `   u
                                 I write

Pishu - I write             Peeeu - I DRINK

(favorite teaser of intro russian teachers everywhere - love those 
crazy irregulars)

vas lubliu,
cfa



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