My Obsession Has Reached a Critical Mass. Soon, My Head Will Explode.

[osprey_archer]

Or, I spent an hour in the magazine section of library reading through a Russian magazine.

Or rather, parsing out occasional words in a Russian magazine and doing a little happy dance when I found cognates. Because I don’t actually KNOW any Russian. I've taught myself the Cyrillic alphabet and now I fill my spare time by ambushing Russian words and trying to beat some sense out of them.

I’m doing well enough that I’m starting to like Cyrillic letters that aren’t the same as letters in English. I’ve conceived a particular adoration for Ф and Ж.

I'd love to see penmanship analysis of Cyrllic writing. (Or even better: Chinese.) Because Cyrllic doesn't have a lower or an upper zone. It's all regimented into the middle zone, except for capital letters which poke up like periscopes, presumably to make sure that the other letters are all following orders.

It was when I realized that I'd drafted the Cyrillic characters into the Red Army that I decided I need a more constructive outlet for my obsession. Thus, I give you Winnie the Pooh. In Russian. Because in Russian, Winnie the Pooh is a poet. With attitude.

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Also, I have my writing tutor interview this afternoon. Luck, luck, luck!

Comments

[longlegs21.livejournal.com]

Да, он поет! Мне очень нравится. :-)
(Yes, he's a poet! I love it.)

You should totally take some Russian language classes, if you ever have room for that in your schedule. It's such a cool language.

Have you listened to any Russian radio onliine? The pop music is terrible. You have to experience it!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Do you speak Russian? Really really really?

I have Russian 101 next year. 8:30 in the morning, every week day. I may be nuts.

I haven't been able to get any of the Russian radio sites I've found to work on my computer. Do you have any bookmarked?

[longlegs21.livejournal.com]

Sorta kinda? Thing is, I should speak it way better than I do, but I've been a terrible student (one of the reasons why I'm taking time off. Going back this fall, though!), and I haven't studied it for some months now. So I'd definitely place myself in the "still learning" category. :-(

I take my hat off to you if you can make an 8:30 language class every day! Eek! Was there no later time?! :-)

http://www.russianinternet.com/radio/ will take you to a list of radio links. My favorite is the second from the top, Russkoe Radio. Some of the links don't work for me either, though.

I'm a total Russophile, too. Once you start, it's like an addiction...

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Спасибо!

[visualthinker11.livejournal.com]

good luck on your interview! and do tell how it goes.

as for the russian... wow. i wish i had your aptitude for languages; i mostly feel sad i can't communicate as well in them as english and then get on with life... in english.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid my aptitude is much smaller than it looks from this entry. I only speak English and sort-of Spanish (I can listen to Spanish pretty well. The actual speaking...:/)

Inara and Kayley are so cute in your icon.

[visualthinker11.livejournal.com]

speaking is really tricky... i mean, in foreign languages. i can speak normally pretty well... : P

thank you! firefly = <3.

[team-fen.livejournal.com]

Good luck. Hope you get it! --Imo

[exuberantself.livejournal.com]

You are eccentric in an incredibly sexy way. Has anyone ever told you that?

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

The eccentric part has been mentioned, but I don't believe anyone has ever identified it as a specifically sexy eccentricity before.

I may bronze this comment and keep it forever and call it George (although it won't be very pettable if it's bronzed) because it makes me grin every time I read it.

[exuberantself.livejournal.com]

haha

I'm useful that way.