I'm not going to change today. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
(I ended up learning German later, notably during my military service in Germany, but I've largely forgotten it now after 15 years not using it). In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Would have been fascinating to go the the old SU as a russophone. Probably worth writing a book on the experiences. Most of those who I know who've spent time there back then were not, so their stories are limited.
My dad also learned it, but for different reasons (getting closer to the sources he was teaching at the time). But he never went. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
Quite the contrary. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
bur any Russian knows it anyway, why bother repeating
