From: Ellen K. 

Since you report that you can hear the words, try the following for an hour
a day for a few months:   Play something consisting of talking, and
WRITE DOWN everything you hear, WITHOUT trying to understand.   Read it
later.  I predict that after not more than 3 months you will be able to
understand what you hear.

(When I first went to university in Germany, I could not understand fast
enough for lectures, but discovered I could write everything down and then
read it at home.   Sorta like it went direct from the ears to the
fingers without passing through the brain.  After the first semester I
could understand everything.)

On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 08:40:21 -0500, George Sherwood
 wrote in message
:

>On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 11:49:16 +0300, Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
>
>>
>> How's that "project" going, btw? And when you get there,
if you ever pop by
>> in Finland, let me know and I'll steer you clear of all the traditional
>> nasties ;-)
>It is going okay.  I never thought it would be so much work or maybe my
>brain is just too old to learn another language.   Of course I am not
>sure that starting with Russian was the best choice for a new language.
>Wishing now I was going somewhere they speak Spanish.   I am happy with
>my ability to read (working hard to pick up new vocabulary).  Listening is
>still difficult.  Sometimes I get it and sometimes I only hear words
>without meaning.  From my last exam I am very close to my goal
>(requirement) and I still have about 4 months of language training left.
>
>
>> (You know what we eat for easter? I'ts called "M„mmi",
and it looks
>> exactly like... well, see for yourself:
>> http://www.dlc.fi/~marianna/gourmet/mammi.htm )
>
>From the webpage: For the information of those who are puzzled about what
>m„mmi tastes like -its malty flavour somewhat resembles the Irish
>beers Guinness or Murphy's Irish Stout, being only slightly sweeter and
>thicker in consistency :-)
>
>I think I might like it. 
>
>George

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