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Re: Hi from Ukraine

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Friday, November 23, 2001, 18:14
Speaking of Ukraine, a question popped up in my head the other day - are the
names "Ukraine" and "Krajina" related? They don't look to disimilar, and I'm
told that "Ukraina" means "borderland", while Krajina used to be part of the
Austrian Militärgrenze ("Military Border" or whatever you call it in
English). Anybody knows?

                                                    Andreas

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à "Y.Penzev" <yitzchaq@...>: > > > Hi! > >Hi! > >I see you finally made it to the list! Welcome! > > > 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" :-) > >And in Russian? And in Ukrainian? > >Oh! I seem to remember that Vasiliy contacted me also before he could >subscribe >to the list. Strangely enough, I seem to attract Russian-speaking >conlangers :)) . > > > 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. > >He he, I never had this stage. But well, I'm used to thinking that >everything I >do is a waste of time. It doesn't prevent me from doing it :)) . > > But recently I've discovered hundreds (!) of people, > > practicing > > this *art* ! > > Guys, you've inspired me! > > Hope to start this hobby soon again! > > > >You're at the right place! This list gave me tons of inspiration and I know >I >will never be able to use it all :) . > > > ...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... > > > >Tell us more! I have the same hobby! Though the bits I learn are so little >that >I can do nothing with them, not even say "hello"! :(( > >Christophe. > >http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr > >Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
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