On 05 Jun 06  17:51:35, Andrei Svelokuzov got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Hi, all

 AS>> Vodka? I never liked it. Good vines are way more tasty. Without 
 AS>> salt.
 DC> I think you mean "wines" or "fruit of the vines".   :)  

 AS> Wines, precisely correct :) 
 AS> Btw, I often see your posts addressed to native Russian speakers in
 AS> English_Tutor echo. 

That's partially why I was able to parse out the above!  



 DC>> In fact, I never use any encyclopedia as a primary 
 DC>> source.  
 AS>> What do you prefer as the one?
 DC> In general, your research is being done to affirm or refute 
 DC> a particular position.  

 AS> Or quickly get an idea when no personal attitude is involved :)

Dictionaries work well for that.  


 AS> I usually try search robots, say, Google, as a first approach though
 AS> internet sources may be not reliable at all. In most cases I don't
 AS> have to dig any further. 

I've seen some strange results on the I-net.  The results are 
skewed based on the popularity of a particular site.  The truth 
isn't decided by an open poll.  


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