Gotta love learning russian

[threaded]

Have you tried www.amazon.gr ?

[Pop]

Is that the one where John takes it up the arse from 'Pop'?

Hey hey hey. What is this I hear? Pop acting like a Mary Queen? I gonna lose my temper with you in a minute.

Pop had Janet up the tulipter. I enjoyed myself very much, such a beautiful arse. Just like Patricia.

[The Late, Great JC]

Pop had Janet up the tulipter.
I enjoyed myself very much, such a beautiful arse.
Just like Patricia.

That's almost Haiku! Post it on the Friday Poetry Corner!

[hyperD]

However, both are easy compared to Hungarian which is a complete bitch and doesn't have anything in common with other European languages!

Yep, I'd agree with that. So far, I've managed to learn some nouns and very basic sentences. The lack of personal pronouns and gender make it very confusing.

My greatest achievement to date has been pointing at the animals in a zoo repeating their Hungarian names in an appalling accent, which has the effect of parents hurrying their little Zoltan away from the strange, retarded man.

[WageSlave]

I don't envy you, hyperD. It's a very interesting language, but I'm glad I left that headache behind And everything is based around the suffix, which doesn't help.

I recall they have an awkward way of pronouncing their 's', which is completely different to the Slavic languages. Koszonom szepen (sp). Szeretlek! In Polish, 's' = s and 'sz' = sh, but in Hungarian it's the opposite
Still, it's a beautiful language, particularly when created by the likes of Sandor Petofi.

[hyperD]

Yep, the s/sh and sz/s is very confusing. There's even a zs which is s, as in measure.

Mind you, as long as I have the translation for "Where's me ****ing dinner b1tch?" and "Two beers please" I'll be OK.

I haven't got round to finishing the first sentence but the 2nd one is:-

"Meg ket sort kerek"

One for the Lingual First Aid kit.

[Francko]

I don't envy you, hyperD. It's a very interesting language, but I'm glad I left that headache behind And everything is based around the suffix, which doesn't help.

I recall they have an awkward way of pronouncing their 's', which is completely different to the Slavic languages. Koszonom szepen (sp). Szeretlek! In Polish, 's' = s and 'sz' = sh, but in Hungarian it's the opposite
Still, it's a beautiful language, particularly when created by the likes of Sandor Petofi.

That's a problem with slavic/eastern languages in general. They have all variations of sounds like tzzz, gzzz, tccc,sccc, jzzzz.... I can't do them as I was never able to reproduce the dutch "g".... there are limits to what sounds the human mouth can reproduce without poking....

[WageSlave]

there are limits to what sounds the human mouth can reproduce without poking....

I find the mouth tends to make a sucking noise when it's poking.

[WageSlave]

That's a problem with slavic/eastern languages in general. They have all variations of sounds like tzzz, gzzz, tccc,sccc, jzzzz.... I can't do them as I was never able to reproduce the dutch "g".... there are limits to what sounds the human mouth can reproduce without poking....

On a more serious note, there is a sound in Polish on certain 'a' and 'e' letters (don't have the exact letter on this keyboard), which basically sounds like the 'aw' in 'prawn'. That, along with all their brz, kszy, tryzs, etc....bloody nightmare!

[steve'O]

So Mr Bond...These Spectre Agents are trying to lure you into a trap using a Soviet encryption machine called a Lektor, as revenge for the death of Dr No.........