Thread: Ищу друга

Привет всем!
Приглашаю к переписке всех изучающих русский язык. Была бы очень благодарна, если бы нашелся кто-нибудь (желательно носитель языка), желающий помочь мне с английским.

Мой e-mail: firina555@mail.ru

Заранее спасибо всем откликнувшимся. [/b]

А не логичнее было написать на английском?

Originally Posted by Russian girl

Привет всем!
Приглашаю к переписке всех изучающих русский язык. Была бы очень благодарна, если бы нашелся кто-нибудь (желательно носитель языка), желающий помочь мне с английским.

Мой e-mail: firina555 AT mail DOT ru

Заранее спасибо всем откликнувшимся. [/b]

This post in Russian means a female user is looking for a preferably native English speaker to help her with English, might be a beginner, no word in English was probably intentional to see if you can understand Russian.

Не печатайте e-mail в точности - спаммеры замучают!

Originally Posted by pranki

А не логичнее было написать на английском? :)

One more blonde? :)

Originally Posted by net surfer

Originally Posted by pranki

А не логичнее было написать на английском?

One more blonde?

Titles like "I'm looking for a friend" always makes me laugh. It's like on psychiatrist reception: "Doctor, help me please, I'm searching for a friend but nobody wants to be my friend!".
Hey, ladies and gentlemen, call things by their proper names! If you want a penpal, write that you want a penpal, not friend. Do you really think you'll find a friend in this way?!

Well, sometimes people want the kind of friends you can't find in your local neighborhood!

I found my local russian friends through here!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Well, sometimes people want the kind of friends you can't find in your local neighborhood!

I found my local russian friends through here!

If you didn't see your friend, he or she isn't your friend. If you saw your friend, he or she isn't your penpal. It's my position.

Thank you Анатолий. You're right. I'm a beginner and post in Russian (no word in English) was intentional. My post is addressed to studying Russian.

Pranki, you're wicked. I not wrote 'friend". I wrote "друг". The word "друг" is used in Russian both as near man and penpal or e-pal (друг по переписке). You're Russian and you must know this.

And I'm not blonde.

Originally Posted by pranki

Hey, ladies and gentlemen, call things by their proper names! If you want a penpal, write that you want a penpal, not friend. Do you really think you'll find a friend in this way?!

+1.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I found my local russian friends through here!

You are really lucky man. I had been dissapointed with one of my friend, I knew him for more than 10 years, I thoght I knew him actually. I think it's impossible to call a friend friend after only some chatting so I find posts like this at least a bit wierd.

Originally Posted by Russian girl

Pranki, you're wicked. I not wrote 'friend". I wrote "друг". The word "друг" is used in Russian both as near man and penpal or e-pal (друг по переписке). You're Russian and you must know this.

Друг по переписке is a penpal/e-pal, OK. But друг is not a penpal. I'm a Russian, so I know it
And I'm not wicked, I'm just ...what word does kalinka ever use?... a nitpicker Separation of concepts sometimes helps to live easier.

If I offended you, forgive me please, I didn't want! It's just a prankish nature

I met a few my real (not virtual) friends in the net as well. I mean I met them in the net first and only after that I met them in real life. I didn't intentionally look for real friends though, it just turned out they became my real friends.

I don't bother to look for friends, since I have realised that I am so obnoxious.

You can seek friends through pen-palling. It just means that sooner or later you are gonna meet. I agree that you need to meet to be friends, but pen-palling (if that is a verb) could be the first step towards friendship.

i.e. The headline is correct

Whether she meant it like that is another thing!

kalinka_vinnie, yeah you can look for friends but if you really want to find a friend or even a penpal friend, give some personal information about yourself first, like your age, interests, what you like and dislike etc. You're the one who needs a friend, so you have to arouse interest in yourself. Why should potential friends waste their time to write you back to find out that information? So I think writing only "Hey, I'm a cool girl/guy, I'm looking for friends. Write me!" is just stupid.

net surfer's quite unbiassed, and I think it's the properest time to stop flooding here.