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Falukorv posted:And from what i've read, American ticks carry a wider selection of tick-borne diseases than you'll find in Europe. We mainly just worry about Lyme Disease from the ticks here. It's definitely something people are always warned about here, like as a kid you are always taught to look for ticks if you have been out in the woods or in any kind of high grass or scrub, but the only disease people talk about is Lyme or maybe "tick fever" which I had always assumed was the same thing.
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I am a language teacher, and I want to tell you that your English is beautiful to me. We can all clearly understand you, but your word choices and phrasing preserve so much of your native patterns of speech and thought that it is like reading two languages at once.quote:I sleeped in tent. I heard that at the camp someone went and rattled ware. I thought that climbers returned. But climbers didn't speak among themselves. This was strange. I asked: "Who here? " To me answered: "rrrrrrrrrrrr". I understood that it was the bear. I told it: "leave" But To me answered: "rrrrrrrrrrrr". This is a special kind of poetry no English speaker could easily write. Thank you for this thread. I have no questions to ask you. Just keep posting so I can enjoy your writing, and thank you.
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Feb 8, 2014 20:19
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Do you drink? If so, how much and what are some favorites? Lots of vodka?
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Feb 8, 2014 20:27
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Ensign Expendable posted:I have seen both pelmeni and vareniki called "perogies" in Canada. You just can't get good pelmeni here at all What province are you in? Alberta has a lot of Ukrainians and Russians, the pelmeni is great.
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Ron Don Volante posted:What do you think of Putin? Related: how do those Russians who dislike Putin feel about voicing criticism of him in a public venue?
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NOTinuyasha posted:How'd you end up on this forum? 
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Feb 8, 2014 23:49
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What do people in Tomsk think about other Russian cities? (Example: Americans from Boston think people from Dallas are stupid cowboys, and people from Dallas think people from Boston are rude snobs.)
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Ensign Expendable posted:Ticks don't live in Canada? A fair point. It was the lurking aspect that horrified me, I think. utjkju posted:UAZ Bukhanka Yep, that's it. I bet it'd be a hit in rural Canada, imagining for a second that you could sell 'em here. I learned about their existence thanks to this rather unusual blogger. He does stop in Tomsk!
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Fixed Expression posted:So, are there herds of morality galloping across Siberia? Do...do you have photos? On the Altay and in Hakasia we rear marals. We were doing geologic surveying near borders of a place where rear marals. I saw marals. But i have not marals photos.
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I didn't know what kind of animal a Maral is so I googled it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_red_deer
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utjkju posted:On the Altay and in Hakasia we rear marals. Wikipedia says this is a kind of large deer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_red_deer I've never heard of this animal before, which is probably why people here are confused. Fixed Expression was making a joke, because in the original post you said "morality," which is a completely different English word. When I was learning Spanish, I did something similar: I confused the word for "rabbit" with the word for "father-in-law." Learning a new language can be very difficult, but it is better to practice and make mistakes than not to practice.
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Internet Explorer posted:What do you think American or British think about people from Russia or specifically Siberia? As you can see from this thread, several people have already commented "that is very Russian." What do you think our ideas of Russian people are? I think you observed that Russian people don't like hold a discussion of work. This thread we are hold a discussion among close friends which we know long ago.
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NOTinuyasha posted:How'd you end up on this forum? I didn't understand your question. "end up on" is a set expression or the idiom? utjkju fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 06:16
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PT6A posted:Wikipedia says this is a kind of large deer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_red_deer Thank you for explaining that to me. I would wish that people show me my mistakes. This help me to learn English. utjkju fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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utjkju posted:
code:EDIT: utjkju posted:I found this forum through Google. This is correct. utjkju posted:I think you observed that Russian people don't like hold a discussion of work. This thread we are hold a discussion among close friends which we know long ago. I honestly don't understand this one enough to try and correct it. Lord Windy fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 06:55
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Lord Windy posted:I honestly don't understand this one enough to try and correct it. "I think that you noticed that the Russian people don't like to discuss work. We discuss work only in a circle of very close people" Is this correct?
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utjkju posted:"I think that you noticed that the Russian people don't like to discuss work. Yes, that is much better.
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Falukorv posted:And sometimes, in case of Borrelia, the tick vomiting back contents of it's stomach into our bloodstream, where the Borrelia in ticks originally reside (they do transmit from saliva to, as the bacteria can migrate to saliva). "Blood is necessary to insects to create posterity" I wanted to tell that blood to breed is necessary to ticks. As for me that I am fond of pedestrian tourism, a rock-climbing, mountaineering, a river rafting, speleology. Photo from rescue operations competitions.     
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mcustic posted:What's Maslenitsa? This is a holyday. On Maslenitsa we bid farewell (say goodbye) to winter and we meet spring. At this day we cook blini (pancakes ) and burn an effigy of winter. Each blin (pancake) is symbol of the sun. Maslenitsa is a ethnical holyday. utjkju fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 08:19
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Ron Don Volante posted:What do you think of Putin? I respect the president of our country.
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Earwicker posted:Related: how do those Russians who dislike Putin feel about voicing criticism of him in a public venue? Everyone has the right for the opinion.
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ImPureAwesome posted:Do you drink? If so, how much and what are some favorites? Lots of vodka? I don't drink alcoholic beverages. I consider that the person always has to have clear thoughts.
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echopapa posted:What do people in Tomsk think about other Russian cities? (Example: Americans from Boston think people from Dallas are stupid cowboys, and people from Dallas think people from Boston are rude snobs.) For us it isn't important where the person lives. For us the person is important. We say:" Nelza chesat vseh pod odny grebenky". It means that all people different.
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utjkju posted:This is a holyday. On Maslenitsa we bid farewell (say goodbye) to winter and we meet spring. At this day we cook blini (pancakes ) and burn an effigy of winter. Blini are symbol of the sun. quote:This is a *holiday or *holy day. On Maslenitsa we bid farewell (you got it right the first time) to winter and **greet spring. On this day we cook blini and burn an effigy of winter. Blini ***is the symbol of the sun. Maslenitsa is ****an ethnic *holiday or *holy day utjkju posted:I respect the president of our country. Correct utjkju posted:Everyone has the right for the opinion. quote:Everyone has the right to their opinion. -OR- Everyone has the right to an opinion. Both of these are equally correct. I wasn't sure which one you were trying for. utjkju posted:I don't drink alcoholic beverages. I consider that the person always has to have clear thoughts. quote:I don't drink alcoholic beverages. It is my opinion that people should always be capable of thinking clearly I had to reword that a little. If it wasn't what you were trying to put across feel free to take another attempt at it. utjkju posted:For us it isn't important where the person lives. For us the person is important. quote:For us it isn't important where the person lives, it is the person that is important. As a comment to this, I think he was trying to ask about stereotypes. Examples of which are 'Russian's are alcoholics" or "American's are bible thumpers". They don't have to be negative, like "Canadian's are extremely friendly". They normally have to hold a kernel of truth however. So a rephrase of his question would be "Do people in Tomsk have any stereotypes of people who live in other Russian cities."
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utjkju posted:"Blood is necessary to insects to create posterity" I liked that turn of phrase better than "proper english" to be honest. I felt it described it accurately while having a sort of poetic flair to it.
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Lord Windy posted:This is a *holiday or *holy day. On Maslenitsa we bid farewell (you got it right the first time) to winter and **greet spring. On this day we cook blini and burn an effigy of winter. Blini ***is the symbol of the sun. Maslenitsa is ****an ethnic *holiday or *holy day Thank you! 9 May, New Year, 8 March, 23 February, every Sunday are public Holidays. We call these days:"Red days of the calendar". Because these days are marked red color in our calendars. But Maslenitsa is week before an orthodox lent. Maslenitsa was holy days when people believed in God of the Sun. But people do not believe in God of the Sun today. On Sunday on Maslenitsa's Week people carry out traditional ceremonies because it is cheerful. We meet on the city street and we burn an effigy of winter, we feast each other with blini. Lord Windy posted:*** Are in this situation is used when there are more than item. For example, Blini and Haggis are symbols of the sun. Are (?) Blini this photo?  Or is (?) blini this photo?  Each pancake is a sun symbol. utjkju fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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You would say "these are Blini in this photo" and "this is a Blini in this photo"
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You guys asking him about Putin, are you trying to get him killed? utjkju, you said that you don't go to nightclubs, that might be why you haven't encountered any LGBT people in your community. Unrelated to that, what kind of music is popular in your area? If I were to arrive in your town and tune through radio stations what would I be hearing?
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utjkju posted:Thank you! I'm from Lithuania (Литва) and we have this celebration too! It's one of my favourites, along with the midsummer bonfire. Most of the people are Roman Catholic in my country, but they preserved a lot of the pagan traditions even though they don't believe in them anymore.Quidam Viator posted:I am a language teacher, and I want to tell you that your English is beautiful to me. We can all clearly understand you, but your word choices and phrasing preserve so much of your native patterns of speech and thought that it is like reading two languages at once. Yeah, you've managed to put into words how I was feeling about his writing. It's great - especially the "reading two languages at once" bit. M42 fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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His Divine Shadow posted:I liked that turn of phrase better than "proper english" to be honest. I felt it described it accurately while having a sort of poetic flair to it. I especially liked 'urban ore' when describing human generated waste (plastic bottles etc) utjkju posted:Are (?) Blini this photo? Is that some sort of salmon in the photo? Uncle Jam fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Uncle Jam posted:Is that some sort of salmon in the photo? And caviar, I want to know if that salmon is smoked or sashimi.
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Based on the cuisine, it's most likely smoked.
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Yeah, it looks cold smoked. Here cold smoked salmon is very expensive ($50-60 / kg) How is it there? Because of the cost, I usually make it myself.
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What type of cars are popular in Tomsk? Are there more imported or russian cars on the streets? Also, is it true that there are a lot of used japanese cars with right-hand steering? Why would used japanese cars be so popular?
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Out of interest I clicked googlemaps street view and on a random street near where it says 'Tomsk' the first car I saw was a Lada. There were 2 more spotted with a swing of the camera on the same street. There's a stereotype that Russians drive Ladas and I found finding 3 of them in close proximity quite amusing. Seconding/thirding your English skills, they're pretty good and as other have said the way you describe things is very cool. Put it this way your English is far far better than my Russian so keep at it. It looks like you climb from the photos, is this work related or a hobby? What else do you do for fun? Is there anything you'd like to do that maybe you can't for some reason?
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utjkju posted:Thank you! First paragraph correct. quote:Maslenitsa were holy days when people believed in the *God of the Sun. But people do not believe in the *God of the Sun today. On the Sunday of Maslenitsa's Week people carry out traditional ceremonies in **celebration. We meet on the city street and we burn an effigy of winter and feast upon blini. utjkju posted:Are (?) Blini this photo? quote:
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I'm pretty sure that blin is the singular and blini is the plural, but I don't speak Russian. This is a great thread, I'm glad you posted it.
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