Re: Hi from Ukraine

On Friday, November 23, 2001, at 12:48 , Y.Penzev wrote:

> I'm a 33yo/m linguist from Ukraine. My native tongue is Russian.
> Now I'm a teacher of English and Biblical Hebrew at a Bible college in
> Kyiv.
> In English you can call me "Isaac"  :-)
>
Shalom, Isaac!
(I apologize; I don't know any Russian besides dosvedanya, and I'm not
even sure I have that right.)

> In my school days I tried to invent many languages of my own. When I grew
> older, I thought it just wasting time, and all my projects went to a
> trash-bin. But recently I've discovered hundreds (!) of people, practicing
> this *art* !
> Guys, you've inspired me!
> Hope to start this hobby soon again!
>
> ...and I like just learning languages, at least a bit of it, just basics,
>  to
> feel the flavour. I've got a REAL collection of them now...
Me too.  :-)  We're glad to have you, and look forward to seeing your
projects!

(I am an ethnically Korean female born in Texas, did undergrad in New York,
  and am now in California.  Which I tell you since there's no way to
extract that information from my name.  <G>)

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http://pegasus.cityofveils.com

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