Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5796 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi
| Message 177 of 586 17 December 2012 at 10:06pm | IP Logged |
Привет
Я сейчас слушаю Баха...
Listening to Bach right now...
Good luck for TAC2013 to everybody!
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tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4710 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 178 of 586 17 December 2012 at 10:42pm | IP Logged |
mrwarper wrote:
Edit: @tarvos: sorry, forgot to wish you luck with your exams. Also, will you comment
something more about molecular thermodynamics? I wouldn't really put it together with
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It's just the one. And it's basically mathematics with physical properties, so yeah, I
consider it maths for dummies because you don't do maths - you apply maths to derive a
lot of equations. By making a lot of approximations. Hence the "maths for dummies"
comment.
I don't like molecular thermodynamics. But that's a subject for another forum. :)
Edited by tarvos on 17 December 2012 at 10:42pm
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5337 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 179 of 586 17 December 2012 at 11:50pm | IP Logged |
As my nominee for our team melody comes the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker" which is my all time favorite when it comes to classical music. I only found the version used in "Fantasia", and should this one be elected I hope someone can find a better version.
DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
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TheGreaterFool Pro Member Canada Joined 4375 days ago 65 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Modern Hebrew, French Personal Language Map
| Message 180 of 586 18 December 2012 at 1:09am | IP Logged |
mrwarper wrote:
For a motto, I've forgotten how it was in Russian but I remember how I ROFLed once over something that roughly translates to 'if you steal something, it better be worth a million; if you f*** someone, it better be the Queen'. I'll look it up :)
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Now THAT would be a motto! I am sure it sounds awesome in Russian
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5337 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 181 of 586 18 December 2012 at 1:19am | IP Logged |
TheGreaterFool wrote:
mrwarper wrote:
For a motto, I've forgotten how it was in Russian but I remember how I ROFLed once over something that roughly translates to 'if you steal something, it better be worth a million; if you f*** someone, it better be the Queen'. I'll look it up :)
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Now THAT would be a motto! I am sure it sounds awesome in Russian |
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I agree that it is awesome - but again I think we have VERY different concepts of what a motto is :-)
How about we let it be the team joke?
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TheGreaterFool Pro Member Canada Joined 4375 days ago 65 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Modern Hebrew, French Personal Language Map
| Message 182 of 586 18 December 2012 at 1:47am | IP Logged |
Greetings fellow Team MIR members!
I have been a bit remiss in doing an introduction so to rectify this I will do a quick one now and fill in the gaps later in my personal learning log...
I am a Canadian high school chemistry teacher with an interest in languages. My interest in Russian goes back to the 1970s and the perennial hockey clash between the USSR and Canada. The USSR was for many of us an exotic country shrouded in an iron curtain of mystery with a fascinating language. I was enchanted back then by all things Russian and especially the language. Fast forwarding to the early 1990s I had the time and means to take a Russian evening course at the University of Toronto. It was a very interesting experience but I can honestly say that I don't remember much about the Russian language.
I would say that I am at the A0 level for Russian and I hope that during 2013 to make an effort to bring my level of Russian proficiency to the B1 level. I intend to focus more on the speaking skill initially then work my way through the writing and reading skills.
I have the Assimil Russian course which I will start working through during the holidays this year and into 2013.
I am looking forward to being on Team MIR for the TAC2013 challenge as one of the most junior of members.
cheers
niels
Edited by TheGreaterFool on 18 December 2012 at 1:47am
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5261 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 183 of 586 18 December 2012 at 1:47am | IP Logged |
Hey! I was going to join the second Russian team, but since it hasn't been formed yet (as
far as I know) and I saw Solfrid Cristin's post in the TAC thread, I thought I'd drop by
in here. :)
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5559 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 184 of 586 18 December 2012 at 2:17am | IP Logged |
@Anya
Спасибо что зашли на наш лог, и удачи тебе в изучении языков в 2013! :)
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