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tarhoosier's avatar

Slava: Did you speak/understand Romanian as a youth? If so, did that Latin based language assist with your English transition?

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Slava Malamud's avatar

I only took about 2 years of Romanian in school before the subject was discontinued. The administration, parents and students universally viewed it is utterly unnecessary and even demeaning to Russians to study "the farmers language."

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Anna Oba's avatar

Great write up. Russian ambitions have always been destructive.

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Richard's avatar

Bravo!

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