28 Feb 98 08:52, Andrey Platonov wrote to Hal Hanig:
KJ>>> Let me guess, Hal. Your computer isn't set up to display
KJ>>> Cyrillic characters (the Russian alphabet).
HH>> You've certainly got that right, Keith. Even if it was, my grasp of
HH>> the Russian language is limited to "da","nyet", and
HH>> "dasvedanyah"(sp?), so it surely wouldn't have made any difference.
AP> How about "vodka"? ;) And how about "dobra"?
AP> If you know "dasvedanyah" (engl. - "see you"), you may lern "privet"
AP> - "hi". And gys, you would to write "shtoormovik" (attack plane like
AP> Il-2, Il-10 or Su-25), not a "stormovik". It's from russian
AP> "shtoormovat'" - to attack ground targets.
KJ>>> I sent a message (in Latin characters but in Russian words) to
KJ>>> the original posting, asking him to use English language only,
KJ>>> and Latin characters. I think Sergei was doing the same in
KJ>>> Cyrillic (I didn't switch my machine over to check).
AP> P.S. Sorry about my (perhaps) terrible english.
Andrey, you don't have to apologize about your terrible English; at least,
you are making yourself understood.
Hal
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