Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 29, 2001, 18:17 |
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>
> >Russian is spoken by
> >hundreds of millions of people the world over, from Eastern Europe to the
> >tip of Alaska
>
> Yes - but why? It was taken thither by the Tsarist armies and continued to
> be used over this vast area in the old Soviet Union. To many it is, alas,
> too much identified with a language of imperialism.
>
> If Uusisuom is to have any appeal for the international use that you would
> like it to have, I would suggest forgetting the Russian influence (or at
> least, minimizing it).
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/.
-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
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