How to Mail from Russia.

[Cixelsyd 1]

I'd try and do you one worse, but I've done all I can to purge pseudo code from my memory.

If someone posts a flow chart, then I'm reaching for my gun...

[mox 298]

I could one up in Python, but I'll spare you everyone.

[slim 1,525]

I've already got my first bit of advice:

1.) Learn what Peeva is.

2.) Load up on said Peeva.

3.) If the wife isn't here, go back to step 2.

That is excellent advice for noobs. Even if you're not a drinker you should prepare to hang out with some drunk people - because you will. Peeva is definitely one of the first Russian words one needs to master.

she calls me a "redneck."

I get called a redneck just about every day.

I remember trying to transliterate Korean words back in '00 and then the S. Korean govt. officially changed their transliteration system. They did this so "Corea" would be listed before Japan during the Japan/Korea World Cup of '02. Events were held in Busan (formerly known as Pusan) and listed first in alphabetical order before Japanese cities. They take that stuff pretty seriously over there.

The funny thing is no matter how it was spelled, it was still pronounced the same way. Korea, whether with a C or a K, was still pronounced "dae han min ######" in Korean and only the English-speaking channels cared about the Korea with a C, and only because it messed up their broadcast image overlays. Most just stuck with a K anyway.

Another interesting thing going on about that time was we started transliterating a lot of names from Arabic (or similar language) into English. One of the most famous of those was sometimes spelled with an O, sometimes with a U, and sometimes even had an l thrown in there for more umph. I've seen terror-alert messages that made referrence to UBL or OBL and they were referring to the same dude that we still can't find.

When starting to speak Russian (and even still today) I have such a female influence that I often mistakenly say things in a feminine manner. I usually don't "pashol" places, I "pashla" incorrectly. Not such a big deal when drinking with buddies, but it's a dead giveaway that I'm not as fluent as I think I am.

Transliteration is pretty similar. We're going to make it look as close as it sounds to us. What I hear here at home is peeva. But, then again, my wife is from Far East and Muscovites think she has an accent. Maybe she's a "rrredneck."