Subj : Re: some stuff To : Roy Witt From : alexander koryagin Date : Wed Jul 04 2018 09:22:30 From: alexander koryagin Hi, Roy Witt! I read your message from 02.07.2013 10:50 ak>>>> "There is a man in the street." RW>>> This would be correct for someone who is actually in the street. RW>>> There is also a correct way to say 'the man on the street' as a RW>>> general term as a news reporter doing remote radio or TV RW>>> broadcasting. ak>> I read in a dictionary that it is an American variant. The British ak>> say "in the street." RW> I forget who it was or which morning TV program it was, but they RW> featured 'the man on the street' way back in the 1960s... he RW> interviewed the people on the street on a daily basis. They were RW> actually on the sidewalk, outside the TV studio where the show was RW> being broadcast. As for me, I like "on the street." I think that when the Americans modernized their English they understood that, in this case, the preposition "on" is much logical than British "in." Although, the tradition means much. For instance, IMO it is funny, that birds in America are still IN the tree, not ON the tree, although it would be quite logical. Even more logical than "on the street." ;-) In Russia, our birds are ON trees, but mice are IN holes. Bark beetles live IN trees. ak>> But look at the example at ak>> http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/square_2 ak>> "She lives in Hanover Square." Can she live AT Hanover Square? RW> Yes, she can live at 12 Hanover Square, which would be more RW> specific than saying she lives in Hanover Square. Do you mean that I can't use "at" without mentioning her house number? I repeat the question: Can she live AT Hanover Square? Is it a legitimate question? RW>>>>> Russian rockets would be intercepted and destroyed by American RW>>>>> satellites using rocket killer lasers from space. ak>>>> Can we have in Russia laser killers for the American satellites? ak>>>> ;) RW>>> Probably... just as America has spy satelites looking in your RW>>> bathroom window. 8^) ak>> As Snowden would said "look who's talking!" ;-) RW> Apparently he's a smart guy, but he's not very smart! Know what I RW> mean? 8^) Well, as any person he can be smart in a specific area, but be naive in some others. I think, he had hoped that he would stay in Hong-Kong. It has some autonomy from China, but it is not a communist country. From another side China provides the defense and controls Hong-Kong's foreign policy. Snowden could not be extradited without Chinese consent. Theoretically, Chinese Communist government must not allow Hong-Kong to extradite Snowen to the US. They are not friends, speaking mildly. He could hope on that, and that was the point that he revealed his secrets there, and open some information that the US spies widely in the Chinese cyberspace. Hong-Kong's authority appeared to be between two fires. As a Chinese territory it could not extradite Showden, but as a close the US' partner it could not grant him an asylum. RW> Iceland has offered him a welcome there and there's no extradition RW> treaty between them and the USA. In Iceland he'd be able to walk RW> the streets without fear of being picked up and extradited. Now he RW> just sits in a holding area while Putin thumbs his nose at Obama. In Russia, theoretically, Snowden would have the same freedom of movement. He is not the first spy nail between the US and Russia. There are many KGB traitors who have caused great damage to Russia when they sold top secrets to CIA, and they were given an asylum in the US. The situation looks similar -- Russia has been wanting to suit them as criminals, but the US is not in the mood to extradite them. So, for Russia, Showden could be just a small revenge. As for Putin's words, that "Snowden could stay in Russia on condition that he stops to cause damage to the US" -- all politicians are liars and hypocrites. IMHO, it was just a formal statement, and after that Putin's spokesman had said that Snowden would no be extradited in any case (because there is a death penalty in the US). ak>> They say when he wants to swear at CIA he does it the Sheremetyevo ak>> bathroom holding the douche as a telephone handset. ;=) RW> There are douche' bags in Russian bathrooms for men? No, it is just a joking description of the late stage of insanity when a person thinks he is been listened everywhere. ;=) Modern pop stars have another syndrome -- they thought they are shot even they are photographed even in their bathrooms. But they bothers not about their nakedness, but about their face to be look good on the photos. So they smile in their bathrooms. ;) ak>>>>>> If you want your guests to be off, ask them for money. If you ak>>>>>> want them to stay, ask for advice. RW>>>>> If you want your guests to leave, ask them for money. If you RW>>>>> want them to stay, ask them for advice. ak>>>> I wonder, maybe "be off" is more rude, and therefore is more apt ak>>>> when it applied to annoying guests? ;) RW>>> No, I think 'be off' is a British way of saying 'leave' in RW>>> American English. ak>> I need something nasty. Maybe this: "If you want your guests to ak>> buzz off ask them for money...." ;) RW> How about: If you want your unwanted guests to flee the party, tell RW> them one of the drunken party-goers pissed in the punch bowl. Those RW> who have been drinking the punch will be out of there with a RW> flash... Well, as a rule guests are not unwanted. We say about our guests that stay very late, without thinking that the good time to leave had passed long ago. I remember as Winnie-the-Pooh was Rabbit's guest and got into a tight place. But all the Rabbit should have done was to ask the bear for some honey. ;-) Bye, Roy! Alexander Koryagin fido7.english-tutor 2013 --- ifmail v.2.15dev5.4 * Origin: NPO RUSnet InterNetNews site (2:5020/400) .