Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)

> > I know for a fact that most Eastern Europeans loathe the Russian language
> > and anything to do with Russia with an incredible passion. If anything at
> > all, the only thing any Easterner would say to a Russian in Russian would
> > be /job' tvoju matj/.
>
> <choke>
> Thanks to a Philip Jose Farmer in which what I think is an? analogous
> Russian phrase (rendered possibly ebi tvoju mat, but I don't swear to it
> since I read the book 8+ years ago), I almost understood that.
We're probably thinking the same thing here =)

>
> But wouldn't it be really difficult to scratch *all* Russian language
> influences, especially if your own language is in the same family...?
> (I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm just a bit puzzled.)
>
Linguistically speaking, yes, but as far as, say, the average Slovak is
concerned, he's a Slovak, he speaks Slovak, and the Russians can all go
sod off...

-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy

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