Hi, James!  Since the reply I'm currently working on is turning out to be a
fairly long one, I thought I'd best give you a heads up on this first:

JB>  I still hope to learn more Russian/Ukrainian. A cousin
JB>  tells me the alphabet holds no hidden agendas. (IE: "C"
JB>  sounding like "S" or if combined with an "H"...)
JB>  Naturally, with him learning it as part of his curriculum,
JB>  and being able to practice it with 80% of his town folk -
JB>  actually most of those being more comfortable conversing
JB>  in Ukrainian - might sway the "easy" scales.


           Yes, I daresay it might... [chuckle].

           I have just established, BTW, that the RUSSIAN_TUTOR echo is
alive & well.  Nora wanted to read WAR AND PEACE... which I gave up on
when I was about her age because I couldn't keep the names straight.  But
now I have a few modem buddies who understand such things, and you may
recognize some of them from the ENGLISH_TUTOR echo.  They're very patient
& their English is very good....  :-)




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