Quote Originally Posted by Dobry
You are a man I could, and would, gladly share a bottle with... you are a philosopher.
I agree - can I join you guys? Great posts, both of you, thank you!

Svar, I agree with you very much: when you talk to someone that you know doesn't speak your language very well (yet), it's only polite to use easy language. I had the same problem when I was in Russia. But usually, when I told the other person that I am only a stupid foreigner who doesn't speak Russian very well, they did slow down, and tried to speak clearly, and with easy words.
I was very grateful for that.

By the way, my hat off to you for your long posts in English! I couldn't manage to write such a long post in Russian.
So you may be Russian - but you're not so lazy as I am.....
Well done!