Geeks, I am now sitting in Krimea and having fun for whatever you talk about. Good thingies are that we are talking 'bout the English (Whatever it is, British or Scottish or Americanish) community. Don't say more, don't be separatists in the small world. What you have to sound out is JARGON, that's the beat. If you are an Internet geek, or a gadget geek your spoken English is Amerikanish. If you go into Physics or Microelectronics we chose the only one which is said as Europeanish and Londonish. No other way, all Samsung or Intel or Toshiba or TSMC or Mumbay software designers and microelectronics people speak the same way, no excuse. Whatever goes on, please think of the JARGON you want to learn, not the dialect. You will be in communications in the small world with the people of the similar profession, not the spelling. If you want the spelling, listen to Dire Straights or AC/DC or whom you like. I have been the member of the USSR/Scottich Membership Society, btw, we HAVE BEEN CELBRATING 23RD JANUARY! Do you understand? Anyway, we have lots of wines here, cherry and muscato, and lots of nrandies, and water is 25 and air is 27 and cloudish and we enjoy we can speak the common language. But, Breats beat over... still same good jargon we can accept here in between the European cultures. Am I not provocative? ;) Sincerely, Sergey Orlov, Commercial Director, Electronintorg Co Ltd., Tel/Fax +7-495-1554635 Mob +7-916-3929803
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricky Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:32 PM To: The Moscow Expat List Subject: Re: Expat List Russians' preoccupation with British English There are differences. Great. Somebody wants one thing, somebody else something different. Great, too. Whatever. Now get over it. And now, get back to your books, work, learn you grammar, your spelling and even better, some more languages. Maybe we can understand each other better and discuss some more interesting topics, than the difference between American and British English. Otherwise, I'll start an email spam about Luther's influence on High German in connection with the increased usage of dialects such as "Schwaebisch" and "Bayrisch" in German language Schools. Seriously, as interesting as this conversation is, can somebody, please, put the thread in the forum and stop flooding my inbox. Thanks Rica
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