Hello everyone. Sorry there haven't been any proverbs for a while. I am very busy preparing for my own solo art exhibition and also for the arrival this coming...
Hi to all! I got a link from a friend of mine and found it highly useful, since with this I could compose emails in RUSSIAN very easily by typing english...
The address (link) given in that message leads directly to a download of an executable program. As most readers will be aware, running such a program gives...
Hi, I remember that we like a proverb here. Homer sometimes nods (Каждый может ошибиться) И на старуху бывает...
Dmitry Penzin
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Mar 26, 2004 4:00 pm
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Hi Dmitry, Thanks for that. I've been neglecting to keep up the supply as I am still busy painting for my exhibition. It opens on Tuesday and I still have two ...
Daf, I spent many hours listening to the tape that you gave me of those songs some years ago! As you say, it's not easy to find the words on the web, but I...
Mike, Thank you. What a wonderful resource. I've been copying the texts [ a nice undemanding task] ans now I'll have to lay hands on some more recordings. ...
Today I have found a nice message. One man from Moscow offered two tickets for free to Britney Spears live concert in London Wembley Arena on 26th of April. ...
Dmitry Penzin
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Apr 21, 2004 10:36 am
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Another song search. Mostly for Mike, the acknowledged expert. Mike and I met when he came to a poetry and song workshop at my house. No one else came but we...
Time I got back to posting grist to people's mills. A poem this time. The translation isn't mine. It's from the Penguin book of Russian Poetry. One of my...
Hi Daf and all, I'm not Mike, but I attempt to answer :-). Sorry, I have to switch into Russian as my English falls down day by day. пЕВЭ ХДЕР Н...
Dmitry Penzin
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Apr 28, 2004 9:28 am
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Dear Daf, here is the lyrics of the song (a most common version; in fact as with many other popular songs there are several versions can be heard; I'm not sure...
... yes ... Ой! fixed ... you caught me man I'm writing a poem again. My Moscow friend! You flew away to see the land that swims in lay. I meant under the...
Dmitry Penzin
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Apr 28, 2004 11:31 am
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Hi Daf, I'm glad you now have the words of that song. The words I have are the same or very similar. ... Dmitry: this meaning of "lay" is so unusual that few...
Dima, You sent a message direct to my e-mail, but when I replied, the message was rejected: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. ...
Hi All, I have shot a fresh photo http://private.peterlink.ru/fish/040525-2.jpg and I want to write the text. We have a nice proverb - дураков...
Dmitry Penzin
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May 26, 2004 2:47 pm
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You could say "like a Russian", but that's a poor translation. Perhaps there's no English expression close in meaning, which is probably why we sometimes use...
Hello Mike, ... To work like a Russian ... why we sometimes use the French version "a la russe". We have "а ля". I didn't know that it is French, but we use...
Dmitry Penzin
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May 26, 2004 7:10 pm
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Dmitry, ... and ... That's a funny picture! ... I can't think of an equivalent, but I'll look through my book of idioms this evening and see if I can find...
Hi, только что "разрядил" фотоаппарат. Буду признателен за критические замечания. ...
Dmitry Penzin
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Jun 2, 2004 9:35 am
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Hi, In Saturday I took part in the meeting with the British writer Matt Whyman http://www.mattwhyman.com The meeting was in St. Petersburg 'Red Club'. ...