Rumours of My Death ...
Yes, it has been a while, dear friends - or those of you who haven't departed to greener blogs. A brief update on my life follows.
Things Not Russian-Related
Hm.
Russian-Related Things
Since my electronic bytes last appeared on your computer screen, I've started taking Russian with a tutor. This has afforded me with the opportunity to rediscover my limitations and reach new degrees of self-frustration before the workday even commences. Of course, I love the sessions, and I love the language. I just wish I was closer to mastering it. Bilingualism would be ... insanely brilliant.
In the meantime, I get up early and stay up late studying, only to produce grammatically incohesive, phonetically damning and linguistically painful sound-bytes at my next lesson.
Perhaps my only comfort is that my grasp of Russian idioms is light years more advanced than that of English-language idioms. English mess-ups I've produced recently:
"To drink like a guppy."
"To give someone a tinkle." (I've been using this for years; why hasn't anyone told me it doesn't mean to give someone a call??? Are you friends or what?? *weeps*)
"No bars held." (To my credit, I figured out this one was wrong.)
I hear "Baby Fish-head is sweeping the nation." (Gratuitous When Harry Met Sally quote)
And it's a Wrap-Up!
That's all for now, folks. Simply wanted to breathe new life into this form of communication. God forbid I let a sleeping dog lie.
:)
Things Not Russian-Related
Hm.
Russian-Related Things
Since my electronic bytes last appeared on your computer screen, I've started taking Russian with a tutor. This has afforded me with the opportunity to rediscover my limitations and reach new degrees of self-frustration before the workday even commences. Of course, I love the sessions, and I love the language. I just wish I was closer to mastering it. Bilingualism would be ... insanely brilliant.
In the meantime, I get up early and stay up late studying, only to produce grammatically incohesive, phonetically damning and linguistically painful sound-bytes at my next lesson.
Perhaps my only comfort is that my grasp of Russian idioms is light years more advanced than that of English-language idioms. English mess-ups I've produced recently:
"To drink like a guppy."
"To give someone a tinkle." (I've been using this for years; why hasn't anyone told me it doesn't mean to give someone a call??? Are you friends or what?? *weeps*)
"No bars held." (To my credit, I figured out this one was wrong.)
I hear "Baby Fish-head is sweeping the nation." (Gratuitous When Harry Met Sally quote)
And it's a Wrap-Up!
That's all for now, folks. Simply wanted to breathe new life into this form of communication. God forbid I let a sleeping dog lie.
:)
posted by ~R @ 4:53 pm
8 Comments:
At 11:06 am,
World Traveler said…
Mah-velous! I have been visiting this site in vain for months just weeping every time that stupid Kazakhstan thing popped up. I hope you continue expounding(does that mean to lose weight...) pontificating or what have you. Speaking of Pontiffs, our fearless leader is ill. That is truly sad. I always liked him and hoped to meet him this year in a possible trip to Rome.
Anyway..welcome back to the fray.
WT
At 1:40 pm,
Rob said…
I suggest you start using cyrillic text as well.
Happy blogging.
At 10:11 am,
Rob said…
I notice you were successful in breathing new life into this form of communication.
At 10:18 am,
~R said…
Muwah! Rob, are you suggesting I continue nurturing its young life? I will do what I must!
This Cyrillic idea rocks. I wonder if "blogger" will let me... (I hereby roll up my sleeves)
:)
At 10:20 am,
~R said…
Shannon, dear,
I fail to understand your anti-Kazakh feeling. What is the blog for, if not to share news about far-flung regions? Sometimes, after all, there's more humour in messed-uppedness far away, than right here in the office. (ahem) Am kidding, of course.
By the by, that reminds me to update the blog.
I hope your man stays well.
At 1:09 pm,
World Traveler said…
The Pole rebounds! That were always a hardly lot..Neither German, nor Russian shall keep us down. Nor rain or sleet..etc..
This medium is suffering as the wise Bobert has said..not that I have room to talk
At 3:30 pm,
~R said…
Ah, dearest ~E,
I will have you note that I have cunningly connived to answer each commentator (*ahem*) and that therefore the huge six is truly not a hands-down beating of your own delectable blog. :)
Oh, the Russian lessons RAWK. RAWK, I tell you. Everyone should take some. I mentioned to him I'd lived in Moscow for a couple of months, and he noted "oh, then everyone was your tutor." So. Methinks there's a lesson there, dear ~E. You have some MUNDO tutoring going on. :)
Although perhaps also significant sneg (snow, dear English-speakers) and babushki (violent old women, dear English-speakers) and gardirobshchiki (sp?) (vile coat ladies).
Hm. I do begin to think I have it better... MUWAH! ;)
And my final piece of news - NO, but Kirsan is a sexy name, nonetheless, isn't it? I implored that my tutor confirm that there *have* been good Kirsans in history, as I resent having lost "Judas" to the biblical story, in terms of a potential name for a son.
Perhaps first I should find a man, before I name the baby.
Oh, BAH and PSHHH to that orderliness!
Smooches! And enjoy the wild savage grey that is the Motherland!
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