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[UK_Fan 192]

It never takes Alla even a second to think of something to say.

lol i wish i was the same way.. i just can't think of something on a whim... so they usually get the same ole "zdravstvuyte" lol

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

lol i wish i was the same way.. i just can't think of something on a whim... so they usually get the same ole "zdravstvuyte" lol

If Alla ever stops talking it may take her a second to realize it and resume. She switches back and forth from English to Russian even in one sentence, seemlessly throwing in a Russian word when she doesn't know the English equivilent, no doubt for my benefit to increase my Russian vocabulary.

When people ask her where she is from, she says "The Islands" ("The Islands" here refers to the Lake Champlain islands and everyone takes it to mean that)

[UK_Fan 192]

If Alla ever stops talking it may take her a second to realize it and resume. She switches back and forth from English to Russian even in one sentence, seemlessly throwing in a Russian word when she doesn't know the English equivilent, no doubt for my benefit to increase my Russian vocabulary.

that's my case when i try to speak Russian to my mom.. like i would be telling her something, then start telling her something in English cuz i just can't, for the life of me, think of how to say it in my native tongue, but of course, that goes no where...

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

It never takes Alla even a second to think of something to say.

Kira has ZERO hesitation with a comeback. And I'm not talking lame comebacks, I'm talking the kind of comebacks that make me wish I had never made a wise crack to her in the first place. And it's never in Russian. She's been here for two years now and her comebacks in English are better than most. I can only guess what it would be like in Russian.

Edited January 30, 2012 by Why_Me

[ONA 133]

When people ask her where she is from, she says "The Islands" ("The Islands" here refers to the Lake Champlain islands and everyone takes it to mean that)

When I went to New Orleans, I was telling almost everybody that I was from Maryland or New York (I went there with a girl, who is a Giants' fan, so a lot of times it was easier just to tell people that we were from New York - plus she used to live there) - nobody even suspected that I was a foreigner.

When I did tell people that I was from Russia, they were like

- You don't even have an accent

- Yes, i do. You must be deaf

Here, in Maryland, people stopped asking me questions about my accent. Sometimes, when I mention that I'm from Russia, they say that they could hear a slight accent, but they decided not to ask, because they didn't want to make a fool of themselves

[slim 1,514]

When I went to New Orleans,

Anyone NOT from New Orleans has an accent to anyone from Nawlins.

[visaveteran1 33]

Anyone NOT from New Orleans has an accent to anyone from Nawlins.

I was lucky to have visited NO well before Katrina. Great to visit but wouldn't want to live there. Food excellent. Great music on every street corner. I kind of like that French/Cajun flavored accent.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

When I went to New Orleans, I was telling almost everybody that I was from Maryland or New York (I went there with a girl, who is a Giants' fan, so a lot of times it was easier just to tell people that we were from New York - plus she used to live there) - nobody even suspected that I was a foreigner.

When I did tell people that I was from Russia, they were like

- You don't even have an accent

- Yes, i do. You must be deaf

Here, in Maryland, people stopped asking me questions about my accent. Sometimes, when I mention that I'm from Russia, they say that they could hear a slight accent, but they decided not to ask, because they didn't want to make a fool of themselves

Let ne tell you about Louisiana. There is a show on TV about Louisiana, Swamp something or 'nother, anyway they use English subtitles for people speaking English! Get it.

They wouldn't know a foreign accent if it hit them on the head

[baron555 934]

Let ne tell you about Louisiana. There is a show on TV about Louisiana, Swamp something or 'nother, anyway they use English subtitles for people speaking English! Get it.

They wouldn't know a foreign accent if it hit them on the head

Actually them Cajuns are good folk.....my first job out of college was part of a big greenfield chemical plant oonstruction project on Weeks Island, a bit south of Lafayette (pronounced Laugh-ay-ette, Laa-fey-ette is in Indiana!). Got in good with many of the local yocals.....tremendous hosts, lost of skiing trips after work in the Intercoastal Waterway (learned to stay up on the skis because if you went into the water, one should always look around for "logs" moving towards you or S shaped movements!!), tons of great parties, lots of seafood (crawfish etouffe to die for) and hot babes. Good times. And being from Chee-ca'-go(actually Chi-caw'-go for me), my accent to them was just as bad as theirs to me. Many a weekend into Nawlins (east on I-10? right?)

[ONA 133]

Let ne tell you about Louisiana. There is a show on TV about Louisiana, Swamp something or 'nother, anyway they use English subtitles for people speaking English! Get it.

They wouldn't know a foreign accent if it hit them on the head

The show is called "Swamp People", I've seen it when I was still in Russia.

They get offended, when you mention it to them though. Even our Swamp Tour guide got offended, when somebody said "Choot 'em!"

And it doesn't mean that everybody there talks like that, especially in the city.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The show is called "Swamp People", I've seen it when I was still in Russia.

They get offended, when you mention it to them though. Even our Swamp Tour guide got offended, when somebody said "Choot 'em!"

And it doesn't mean that everybody there talks like that, especially in the city.

New Orleans was an often visited place in my work and because I grew up in the neighborhhood (Texas) It is best viewed at night in my opinion. Great food, music, etc, but the place is a filthy trash heap which stinks to high heaven due to the heavy concentrarion of industry and chemical plants in the area. In my opinion Hurricane Katrina was pretty much what the doctor ordered, like a flush job for the city. Bulldozing the 9th ward was about the best possible result for that area of the city.

In addition to the filth, the city and state are dysfunctionally corrupt, have been since the beginning of time. The Soviet Union was several clicks more on the up and up than Louisiana/New Orleans. New Orleans is the US's "black hole" in terms of its abilty to make money disappear and no tangible result ever escape

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Regardless of what your personal feelings are about a city or location, please remember that your insensitive comments can be seen as particularly cruel to those who lost everything in Katrina. There are members on this forum who are in that category, and even more who have friends and family who went through Katrina, some who survived and some who didn't. Plain-speaking is one thing; insensitivity to a situation where many lost their lives, their homes, and every thing they owned - especially an event so close to home and so recent in memory - is another.

[slim 1,514]

I was lucky to have visited NO well before Katrina. Great to visit but wouldn't want to live there. Food excellent. Great music on every street corner. I kind of like that French/Cajun flavored accent.

I visited the NO way before I could respect it properly. I need to head back there as an adult so I can get the "full experience."

Let ne tell you about Louisiana. There is a show on TV about Louisiana, Swamp something or 'nother, anyway they use English subtitles for people speaking English! Get it.

They wouldn't know a foreign accent if it hit them on the head

My wife and I were watching that and she could not stop laughing about the subtitles. "Event I can speak better English than these American people, blat. If I gonna be speak on TV nobody gonna need subtitles for me, blat."

Laa-fey-ette is in Indiana!).

Born there.

And they say it as laa-FEE-ette.

[Tanya and Barry 59]

My young blond Russian hottie wife only cost me $99 on EM!

I selected her out of an online catalog.

God's truth>

I think when all was said and done it cost you a lot more than that Baron. I stopped counting a long time ago...

[baron555 934]

I think when all was said and done it cost you a lot more than that Baron. I stopped counting a long time ago...

Just a tad.....but worth it!!