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  1. [Facepalm] This is why one should be careful...

    [Facepalm] This is why one should be careful about learning grammar from jokes! I'm pretty sure (если память меня не обманывает!) that дохла is a form I heard/read в очень пошлом и не приятном...
  2. Well, there's always "Когда Светлане было 22...

    Well, there's always "Когда Светлане было 22 года, мама дохла." :-P
  3. Да нет -- спасибо Вам, Мартину, за откровенность;...

    Да нет -- спасибо Вам, Мартину, за откровенность; ведь она освежает душу, и жаль что в этом мире такое качество редко встречается! Естественно, я покорно извиняюсь, сэр, и прошу Вашего прощения за...
  4. Here's my attempt at a correction, with...

    Here's my attempt at a correction, with explanations (I'm curious to see what native speakers will think of MY corrections!). I also incorporated my suggested metaphor of a hockey game -- obviously,...
  5. Just as a non-grammatical comment: "divided into...

    Just as a non-grammatical comment: "divided into equal quarters like a chessboard" fails metaphorically, in my opinion -- because you're talking about a linear progression of her life from birth to...
  6. I just wanted to make the observation that in...

    I just wanted to make the observation that in Philip Roth's famous comical novel Portnoy's Complaint (о человеке, который дрочит, как он хочет!) the title character was presumably* a Russian/Slavic...
  7. "который никогда не знал свою бабушку" If you...

    "который никогда не знал свою бабушку"

    If you say "его бабушку", it makes it sound as though you're talking about the grandmother of a third party -- as in, "Tom never knew Bill's grandmother."...
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