In the first 30 seconds a Russian man begging for his life screams "Спасибо! Спасибо!" pronounced spah-see-bah, which means "Thank you! Thank you!" as he is about to be burned alive.* The difference between Please and Thank You is something you learn the first day of Russian language class. That makes the horrific Russian spoken on "The Americans" seem fluent by comparison.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pilot/id951239625?i=951243134 (begging "Please! Please!" would've been "Пожалуйста! Пожалуйста!" pronounced puh-jall-stah) -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
