How many russian-speaking/originating geeks are here

neo77777 · 12-26-2003, 10:31 PM

I was browsing the Software forum, and I picked a thread regarding Cyrillic fonts in linux, and now I am wondering how many ppl are here with Russian/former USSR background? As a matter of fact I am from Ukraine.

wonderpun · 12-27-2003, 08:53 AM

Well, I'm from Lithuania and I am russian. Had a problem setting up Cyrillic fonts in Slack 9.1 too though

nautilus_1987 · 12-31-2003, 06:48 AM

zdarova Neo77777, esli ne zabyl russkij jazyk - to privetik s togo poberezja

davholla · 12-31-2003, 07:28 AM

I am learning russian but I wouldn't say that I speak it yet.
Ya ne gayaryo pa-russki !

neo77777 · 12-31-2003, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nautilus_1987
zdarova Neo77777, esli ne zabyl russkij jazyk - to privetik s togo poberezja

privet,
neah ya esche ne zabyl.
Ty otkuda?

ChasidishHarry · 12-31-2003, 08:06 AM

This is starting to remind me of the hust thread, only this time I don't understand it.

Neo77777, is there a difference in the language spoken in Ukraine than that spoken in other places in Russia?

neo77777 · 12-31-2003, 08:51 AM

Well teh Ukrainian is more inclined towards Polish, I know for a fact most people who don't know Ukrainian but speak Russian (whose Russian is first language for that matter) have hard time understanding Ukrainian, on the other hand, I haven't yet met any Ukrainian-only speaking person who won't understand Russian though.

nautilus_1987 · 12-31-2003, 10:31 AM

Zdarova Boriska!

I am russian, but I live in f**king Lithuania.
Vse rodstvenniki v Rossiji, a zdes nikogo. A tak hocetsia obratno na Rodinu

voobshem perebivajemsia po nemnogu

)))

Odno mogu skazat shto linux serjozno rasprostranilsia ... Tolko ty mozet slyshal vse eti evropeiskije rezoliuciji na programnoje obespechenije, tak shto tut interesnije dela zaviazyvajutsia.

Vot seichas novij - IDIOM buhat i tusovatsia!!!!

davholla · 12-31-2003, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by neo77777
Well teh Ukrainian is more inclined towards Polish, I know for a fact most people who don't know Ukrainian but speak Russian (whose Russian is first language for that matter) have hard time understanding Ukrainian, on the other hand, I haven't yet met any Ukrainian-only speaking person who won't understand Russian though.

Neo7777

If you were to teach your children Ukranian but not Russian and stay in the US. Am I right in thinking that they probably would have the same problems understanding Russian as Russians does Ukranian ?
Presumably Ukranians understand Russian because of political reasons rather than linguistic reasons as in the same way welsh speaking people are fluent in English despite Welsh having less in common with English than French or German.

nautilus_1987 · 12-31-2003, 11:09 AM

Ty naverno zametil shto malo russkij iz Rossiji sidit na LQ.
RUnet seichas tak razzrossia, shto tam chio hoces mozno naiti. Tak shto narod tam sidit. Ja toze tam sizu. Siuda inogda zabegaju.

Da k tomu ze malo kto v Rossiji normalno na angliiskoi move izjaniajetsia

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Poetics · 12-31-2003, 01:04 PM

I was very interested in learning Russian once ... does that count?

Actually still am, but don't have the time to pick up a new "foreign" language

neo77777 · 12-31-2003, 08:15 PM

Hey everybody,
Happy New Year!!!
I know there is already 2004 in Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine...
S Novym Godom Vsex!!!
I guess we'll be better off on IM with our Russian writing in latin letters

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Ok, anyway I am going to celebrate New Year, talk to you all later.
Regards,
Boris.
P.S. BTW the linky is busy.