Thread: Russian in Everyday Life, Russian as a world Language and Keeping your skills up..

Well, I ended up with a job, using some Russian. My friend has employed me as his secretary. He thinks I'll be better with his customers than his other secretary, who is also Russian and is busy with his own life. My first task is to straighten up the books. They are quiet the mess having gone from my friend, to his daughter, to his friend, and now to me. There are notes scribbled here and there and everywhere in Russian. I've learned the words for "tuning", "sticky keys", and "squeaky pedal". My boss has the owner of a piano store written about 5 times in both English and Russian. Several American names are written in Cyrillic. There are street names and city names in Cyrillic as well. I especially love the names written in both English and Cyrillic letters. The telephone numbers are divided up in the Russian way and they have a cool "T" with points hanging down from the top edges. Then, I get to talk Russian to my boss. It's fun, but I really just hope to get my friend to make surplus money. He was happy living in poverty until he met me... I have him playing in an orchestra on a $12 clarinet. (Fortunately, he can repair clarinets as well as pianos.) He needs clothes for the performance.

My mother-in-law arrived for a month-long visit yesterday, and she doesn't speak any English so I'm going to have lots of practice over the next few weeks.

If only she were someone I want to talk to...

Originally Posted by zedeeyen

My mother-in-law arrived for a month-long visit yesterday, and she doesn't speak any English so I'm going to have lots of practice over the next few weeks.

If only she were someone I want to talk to...

Why wouldn't you want to talk with her? If you make the effort to get to know her, you'll probably find that she is an interesting person. She is probably very keen to get to know the man that her daughter has married.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Why wouldn't you want to talk with her? If you make the effort to get to know her, you'll probably find that she is an interesting person. She is probably very keen to get to know the man that her daughter has married.

She's been my mother-in-law for twelve years, so I think we may be past getting to know each other.