Apech

Let me read up a bit more and start a new thread.

We have a family of Ukrainian Russian speakers in the village. Everyday I try to say something in Russian to them ( cos they don’t speak the local lingo). Privet, kak dela? Is getting bit old now- so what are some easy phrases/ normal pleasantries one might say in Russian. oh and please transliterate from Cyrillic cos I can’t read that 😎 thanks

Sad face. Maybe you could look it up and we could discuss it? If you have the time?

I’m half way there by knowing I’m not enlightened.

Do you know a lot about the Greco Bactrian invasion of north India after the fall of the Mauryan empire?

Is it possible to train bears to repeat texts?

It’s odd to think that the Brits were still pushing their weight around less than 100 years ago. When you look at us now you have to wonder how that was even possible. Shows how mighty empires come crashing down - quite quickly and easily (a warning for America). I used to have a landlady who was besotted by a Georgian boy and used to go there to go ‘walking’ with him. He threw her over for a very young ‘doll like’ girl with whom he planned to have many children. She was devastated and her behavior became increasingly erratic. She is a fairly famous playwright and has a wiki page so I won’t mention her name. Looking at the map (in a very superficial assessment) Georgia, Armenian and Azerbaijan look like a fault line between the great powers of Iran, Turkey and the Russian empire. So probably not a restful place I would guess. My neighbour is quite fond of Putin by the way - so I guess he likes a bit of a strong man in charge.

If I understood him correctly he was full of praise for the USSR and how he could move from Baku to Ukraine. I have to admit a certain vagueness about the Caspian Sea, Georgia, Armenian, Ngoro Karabash (?) etc. I don’t think the British empire penetrated thus far - or was it part of the Great Game, not sure. I should brush up on my history. After all weren’t the Proto Indo-Europeans supposed to originate somewhere around there?

salam nechusum or something

Just found out the Ukrainian Russian I was trying to talk to is from Baku, Azerbaijan !

Mod action: thread locked as it was heading into political territory.

To all American Bums. 🇬🇧💂💂🇬🇧