Quote Originally Posted by Cool_Play View Post
Hello All,

I'm sorry for dumping out this overly lengthy post, but I didn't want to waste anybody's time being too ambiguous or generic about the sort of "help" that I need.

So I'm looking for a person (preferably, somebody from GTA) to help me with my speaking and provide me with some context and insights into the life of a typical canadian.

I desperately need someone who can put their manners aside and ruthlessly criticize/correct my every word. That, I have to admit, would require a great deal of patience and hard work, but I believe that it's also the only sort of treatment that could help me a lot.

In return, I could help you with Russian (speaking/writing/listening).
Hopefully, I'm educated enough to help you with your reading list as well

I would hope that we could set up some sessions over skype (even if those would be very infrequent ones) or meet up in person. E-mails are okay to co-ordinate and discuss lesson plans, but I don't think they will do very well for speaking, though.

The last bit...
My name is Nikolay. I'm 24, male, professional and I live in Toronto

If you are interested by any bit of this, please feel free to drop me a line or two at nikolayk (at) uvic (dot) ca or PM me/reply to this thread.
I'm really looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you very much for your time,
and have a nice day!
Hi Nikolay. I'm not Canadian; I'm an American. But my co-worker is from Toronto, and my best friend is a dual citizen whose family comes from BC. If I can be of any help to you, I do have Skype. That being said, I don't like ketchup on chips or on french toast.. and I don't speak French. =P (just teasing, friendly canadian neighbors, you know we love you) I do study Russian though and really love it a lot.

If I can be of any help, PM me and we'll talk.