To: Sockdologer
If you live in Russia, then you speak Russian and in our language Duma is derived from the verb "dumat'", which means "to think". Besides, there are foreign phrases and words sounding awkwardly in Russian, but nobody's willing to replace, for instance, English "what can I do" with another variant, though in Russian it sounds like "going to find some vodka".
11 posted on
11/21/2006 12:50:08 AM PST by
eastern
To: eastern
nobody's willing to replace, for instance, English "what can I do" with another variant, though in Russian it sounds like "going to find some vodka". It's good to find that some words translate correctly!
A friend asks "What can I do?" and then realizes the correct answer is "go find some vodka."
17 posted on
11/21/2006 8:51:12 AM PST by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: eastern
but nobody's willing to replace, for instance, English "what can I do" with another variant, though in Russian it sounds like "going to find some vodka". "chto ya magu dilet" sounds like going to find some vodka?
18 posted on
11/21/2006 10:02:34 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
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