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coledavis



Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I didn't say you were from the UK and no, it was not aimed at any individual person. I think it is just worthwhile for native speakers to think before taking a Russian habit home!

My citing the law in my own country is merely because I prefer to talk about things I know about. (The UK actually has more than one law. England and Wales comprises one legal system, Scotland another. And I haven't a clue about Northern Ireland!).

And don't get me going on Common Law and Statute..
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Grenouille



Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 62
Location: Moscow
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
coledavis wrote:
I didn't say you were from the UK and no, it was not aimed at any individual person. I think it is just worthwhile for native speakers to think before taking a Russian habit home!


I agree with you there ! In fact, there are many Russian habits that will have to be 'unlearned' before leaving Russia !
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Sashadroogie



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Leaving Russia? What on Earth! Heavens forbid!!
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coledavis



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nothing to do with habitual inaccuracy and misinformation, I'm sure. This very morning, I got a taxi to the administrative capital of the oblast because we had definitely got our educational licence (don't ask). By the time I reached the august institution, 'definitely' had become 'maybe', morphing to 'not yet, definitely within the next 48 hours'. Rolling Eyes
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Sashadroogie



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now, Cole, as much as I sympathise with you, this thread is about all the GOOD things in Moscow - thank you!
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coledavis



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bah humbug. As Scrooge used to say before he sold out to the capitalist roaders (or have I got that the wrong way round).
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Grenouille



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sashadroogie wrote:
Leaving Russia? What on Earth! Heavens forbid!!


Not even thinking about it Very Happy
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Sashadroogie



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Phew! Glad to hear it. I also hear tell that there are ferocious withdrawal symptoms to be suffered were one to try to leave. Worse than the DT's, apparently. Definitely not worth the risk.

Another plus to living here is the availability of very low-cost Melodia CDs in most music shops. About 150 to 200 rubles. Can even get them delivered to your door-step. Weird and wonderful experimental works, to the great classics. Ah!

http://melody.su/
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coledavis



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pelmeni wherever you go. Can say 'get em off' to anybody; nobody turns a hair (or takes their clothes off). Intimate bus rides. Cheap vodka, some of which will leave you with your sight. (Yes, am in dyspeptic mood today.)
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