Subj : New Year's Day. To : Ardith Hinton From : Alexander Koryagin Date : Mon Mar 01 2021 15:58:08 Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin I read your message from 28.02.2021 22:36 AH>> I applaud your courage too, because generating language requires a AH>> much higher order of skill than understanding it & when you're AH>> speaking aloud you don't have time to consult a dictionary or a AH>> grammar book.... AK>> Another problem, as I had said once, is that the Russian language AK>> consists of longer words than English, and because of it a Russian AK>> thinks and understands slower. AH> The English language dropped many inflections during the Middle AH> Ages, and this trend continues with e.g. the use of the AH> word "actor" to describe both males & females. It doesn't AH> necessarily result in shorter words. But the pace of modern life AH> seems to be increasing as we speak... I catch myself leaving out AH> periods from abbreviations like "BC" because that is how others AH> spell them. At the same time, I count myself among those who take AH> awhile to think & understand.. as I do when folks like you & Anton AH> ask really, really good questions. Do you you know there are bilingual books, when on the left page is the English original and on the right page is Russian translation. The latter is always longer. AK>> I am a morning person when I go to my office. I can secretly type AK>> some messages to FIDO behind my colleges backs, but it is hardly AK>> possible to do Skype talks, without having round eyes around. AH> I thought it might be something like that. One of the things I AH> enjoy about Fidonet is that we get a bunch of mail in the morning, AH> from people on the same continent, and a bunch more in the evening AH> from people on others. Just as there are people who leap out of bed AH> at 5:00 AM & go jogging for an hour before getting ready for work, AH> there are people who check their Fidonet mail every day as soon as AH> they're awake enough to take it in. Some apparently type up a storm AH> immediately. But that's not my style, and I gather it's not yours AH> either. An off-line discussion is a good thing, I agree. ;) AK>> On weekend, of course, I like to sleep more than usual. AH> Ah. You're a morning person on weekdays because that's what you AH> have to do to earn a living. Dallas & I have been there too. AH> When I switched to the elementary level, others commented on how AH> much healthier I looked. My starting time there, BTW, was somewhat AH> later. What time is too late for you? ;-) AK>> maybe at 9am Moscow Time on Sunday it can be the window, while you AK>> have 10pm. AH> Hmm. By my calculations you are eleven hours ahead of us... at AH> least until Daylight Saving Time kicks in. Unfortunately, however, Google says Vancouver time is behind Moscow time by 11 hours in winter. AH> Dallas & I aren't available nowadays on weekends when others are. AH> For us a Tuesday or a Thursday eening would be better. Perhaps you AH> have some holidays which differ from ours? Monday or Wednesday AH> evening might also work if your timing is flexible.... The 8-th of March, for instance. It could be the first lumpy pancake. The only problem is, however, how we can tell each other Skype aliases without disclosing them to some hooligans. ;-) I can't invent anything better than creating a temporal e-mail box where you can send your Skype alias: galexkotemp@gmail.com. Bye, Ardith! Alexander Koryagin english_tutor 2021 --- * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0) .