In Moscow's Olympics presentation, Putin spoke in English. It was the first time he has done that in public. I didn't hear much though.
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In Moscow's Olympics presentation, Putin spoke in English. It was the first time he has done that in public. I didn't hear much though.
He spoke English in the Mike Wallace interview as well. If anyone has video of it, I'd love to see it. But Mike Wallace didn't ask him to speak English, he told him. I thought it was extremely disrespectful and Wallace took almost a combative tone with Putin. Very unprofessional, to me, an aspiring journalist. ;)
Anyhow, Putin can definitely speak English, though probably not fluently.
Putin can speak English, he and Bush had very secret conversations where even interpritors were not allowed. Bush speaking Russian sounds more fantastic to me. So they both could nicely interact on the same level of broken English.
Putin is very fluent in German, although, he was a KGB spy in Germany for quite a while.
I had a thread about this, El Casey:
http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=5481
there is the link and in the link you can see the video...
i remember reagan tried to speak english once in front of gorbatchev, it was pathetic. gorbatchev didn't understand a word reagan was saying.
(sighs) :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by possopo
You mean Reagan tried to speak Russian in front of Gorcatchev??Quote:
Originally Posted by possopo
I would think Reagan always speaks English...
I remember Reagan liked to learn Russian proverbs.
Especially "Доверяй, но проверяй".
It's true, Wallace was gruff. Though that's kind of the show's shtick. I liked the interview, and I thought Putin handled himself very well. Wallace was an ass, but he always is, and Putin fired back a couple of times as I recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Casey
kalinka_vinnie wrote:sorry 8)Quote:
You mean Reagan tried to speak Russian in front of Gorcatchev??
I would think Reagan always speaks English...
Fl wrote:that's it!Quote:
I remember Reagan liked to learn Russian proverbs.
Especially "Доверяй, но проверяй".
it sounded like "dover hi, no prover eye". gorbatchev made this funny face that was saying "hmmm, what should i do, what the fuck did he just say? is it russian? you think it's a joke? ok, i'll smile then".
I have heard Putin speaking German several times. His German is really excellent.
On "радио эхо Москвы" I did listen to an interview with Condolezza Rice a few mont ago (during her visit to Moscow). For the main part of the interview she used an interpreter (Only for translations from English to Russian). But at the end of the interview she also answered a question of a young girl in Russian.
Yeh she made mistakes though cos she was rusty. Didn't she study it at univeristy or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Старик
Yeah, she majored in the Soviet Union or something like that... what a waste! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
hey.. at least they try. :lol: Most Americans speak only English.
Not in Utah. Everyone's a return missionary so they all speak something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by rgkatyaisashaukr
Biancca... actually you are right! I never thought about it, but all my mormon friends all know another language! Of course not ALL of Utah is mormon, but still... hah! Now that is scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
Utah is something like 70% or 75% mormon, I cant remember the last figure I heard but its up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
Isn't Utah the state that had the highest percentage vote for Bush in the election as well? Something over 70% if I remember correctly. Wonder if there's a connection :)
Im afraid so. Mormons vote conservative because they are aginst abortion etc. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyphyr
But I didn't vote for Bush. Actually there is no point voting if you live in Utah because conservative stuff always passes no matter what you vote for (thats another thing my gov't teacher told us, and my econ teacher too...they said you dont need to vote hahahahahahahahahahaha. )
Hmmm, I would say that's terrible advice to be giving, but when you're facing a majority like that, it does seem kinda hopeless alright.
It is not that bad of advice really since in US system the states actually vote for the President. There is not much point in voting if your state's population obviously is another party to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyphyr
The state of Utah is not the whole United States. :wink: Most Americans are not mormons. Most Americans don't even live in Utah, either. If we did, that would be a scary thought because there's no possible way for a country to really be economically sound in a state like Utah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
I'm from CA, and I am blatantly aware on a daily basis of how differnt Utah is from other parts of the country. I am also mormon and people never hesitate to make clear to me that they do not share my beliefs. So you don't need to point out the obvious to me. You were generalizing about Americans so I just pointed out an exception.Quote:
Originally Posted by rgkatyaisashaukr
Add to the mormons all the hispanics many of which are bilingual, and asians and lots of other ethnic groups. I think there are plenty of Americans that are bilingual. The white population is maybe not as well versed in languages as you might find in Europe, but I was just pointing out that in Utah they are. Thanks for the deep thoughts on Utah and economics.
Do you speak another language (aside from learning Russian) like Kalinka's mormon friends? I live in AZ, which has the second highest mormon population. I worked and lived around many of them - but never inquired if they learned any other languages after mission work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
Well I have never been on a mission, but I study German, French, Russian, and American Sign Language. Of those I am the best at German.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moongazer
It has nothing to do with my mormonness, just interest.
I worked for Mormons. They owned the 2.5 million acre Ranch I recently worked on in Tuscarora. I always thought it strange that, the owners being religious, made us work 7 days a week! Actually, they let us off only on Sunday afternoons after already working for 6 hours. And when it is 65 miles to the nearest town you can imagine how pointless it all was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moongazer
you are not of the same religion, so not as much human as they are. That reminds me something... let me think... ah! "them muslims". :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
You had several boyfriends, didn't you? (You've mentioned couple of them here.) I doesn't sound mormon to me...Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
hahaha Mormons can have boyfriends. But I admit to not following the religion perfectly all the time. I'm like a "liberal mormon" or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vesh
DDT mormons are not supposed to work on sunday at all unless its necessary like a doctor or whatever. Those people were just slave drivers, nothing more.
Rephrasing a well-known Russian joke:Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
-- "Liberal mormons" are like Guinea pigs...
-- Why?
-- Guinea pigs have nothing to do neither with Guinea no with pigs.
:lol: NOM
:lol: :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vesh
This reminds me of a story my grandfather told me when mormons were visiting...he for a change politely invited them inside and sat down and listened quietly to their monolouge and when the mormon had finished he said: "I would have joined your religion if only you'd still have bigami! :D