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    New member!

    Hello all. I've always had a fascination with the Russian language and culture as my great grandparents are from Belarus. I recently found out I have quite a few relatives still over there and thought maybe a visit in the near future would be nice. I managed to teach myself the Russian alphabet today. (well, at least I know the sound each character is supposed to make). It's a start I guess!

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    Welcome!
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    Welcome! Mind the dogboy!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
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    Welcome! Mind the dogboy! What does it mean? Something like: "watch out for the dogboy!" , or "be carefull, dogboy is here!" ?
    The bear looked at the car, and reflections of fire danced in his eyes. He knew what to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ST
    Welcome! Mind the dogboy! What does it mean? Something like: "watch out for the dogboy!" , or "be carefull, dogboy is here!" ?
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
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    welcome
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    Добро пожаловать!

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    Welcome here!
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    That is so cool!
    I would love to travel and meet family, but I think that all (that I know of atleast) my family is here in США with me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ST
    Welcome! Mind the dogboy! What does it mean? Something like: "watch out for the dogboy!" , or "be carefull, dogboy is here!" ?
    Yes, sir, you are correct!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
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    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))

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    Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll be hanging around these parts often. It's tough training yourself to recognize the letters as cyrillic. b, c, p.... grrr...

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    \Yeah, I had trouble with English looking letters when I first started learning Russian.

    PECTOPAH

    huh? pekt-op-ah?
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    Re: New member!

    Quote Originally Posted by cradivonyk
    Hello all. I've always had a fascination with the Russian language and culture as my great grandparents are from Belarus. I recently found out I have quite a few relatives still over there and thought maybe a visit in the near future would be nice. I managed to teach myself the Russian alphabet today. (well, at least I know the sound each character is supposed to make). It's a start I guess!
    Welcome! That's cool, good luck to you with everything!
    Не плюй в колодец, пригодится водицы, напиться.

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    Hiya, Cradivonyk, and welcome!
    Ой, голова у меня кружится |-P ...... and my brain hurts too....

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    welcome

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    Welcome to the forum!

    \Yeah, I had trouble with English looking letters when I first started learning Russian.

    PECTOPAH

    huh? pekt-op-ah?
    collegegirl, sounds nice, yeah?
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    Quote Originally Posted by collegegirl
    \Yeah, I had trouble with English looking letters when I first started learning Russian.

    PECTOPAH

    huh? pekt-op-ah?
    EXACTLY. After 20+ years of English, its tough to trick your brain into seeing it as anything else. The only other language I studied was French for a few years, but wasn't nearly as tough as this to get used to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cradivonyk
    Quote Originally Posted by collegegirl
    \Yeah, I had trouble with English looking letters when I first started learning Russian.

    PECTOPAH

    huh? pekt-op-ah?
    EXACTLY. After 20+ years of English, its tough to trick your brain into seeing it as anything else. The only other language I studied was French for a few years, but wasn't nearly as tough as this to get used to.
    Well, Cradivonyk, just stick around here!
    When I've been on the forum a lot, I sometimes find myself inadvertently reading signs on buildings and trucks in cyrillic! And that's after 40+ years of western alphabet, so there's hope for you yet.....
    Ой, голова у меня кружится |-P ...... and my brain hurts too....

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    Welcome aboard!

    Ditto on dogboy ... and I'm surprised DDT hasn't chimed in... he must be cruising the outback.

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    Привет новый пользователь форума! Этот форум у тебя украдет много времени, но всяко ты много выучишь.

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