There is a story about a Russian mathematician (whose name I forget) who was once chided by a British friend about the way he spoke English. His reply was "there are 70 million English that speak English like you and 240 million Russians that speak it like me"
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/03/03 02:22PM >>> Hi! ===8<==============Original message text=============== KW> I won't speak for any Brit, but in the U.S. only those who have not yet KW> developed a vocabulary of more than 100 or so words still use that teen-talk. KW> Plain truth, it brands one as immature. <evil friendly grin> KW> No, no! Not you, Boris! <g> KW> keith whaley ===8<===========End of original message text=========== That's the main problem of my English. Since most of my English is obtained passively through observation and copying, I often misuse words. Well, naturally, most of my English lessons back in Moscow were mostly either irrelevant or plain forgotten... It would be fascinating to compute size of my Russian and English vocabularies and compare the figures... <serious grin> But thanks anyway <grin>... Boris
