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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6033 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 17 of 38 23 February 2010 at 1:52am | IP Logged | |||||
In my opinion it's worth learning because of the past, not so much because of the future. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6293 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 18 of 38 23 February 2010 at 1:55am | IP Logged | |||||
Yep. Sad but true. Everyone needs a hobby though. If you use the language skills at work, bonus. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6381 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 19 of 38 23 February 2010 at 2:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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What is the attraction of Russia and Russian for those learning the language? Can you perhaps explain why you are smitten with the Russian culture?
I, myself, like the sound of Russian but I've never been to Russia and I don't know if i would be enamored with it or not. However, one thing that turns me off is the fact that much of Russia has long and freezing winter much like Canada or worse. However, what is it about the culture that attracts people to learn it? Are you learning Russian for the love of Moscow or St. Petersburg, the famous church or palace architecture, Siberia, the Vodka or Caviar, Dostovesky, Racchamminov/Tchaikovsky, rockets? The prospect of Russia becoming a major economic force built on oil/gas. Projections are for Russia to become very rich country by 2040 if you believe the BRIC stuff. I myself love the 19/20th century classical music and the architecture seems very interesting. Weather, landscapes, and most cities there don't exactly grab me though as being something extraordinary. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5574 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 20 of 38 23 February 2010 at 3:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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While everyone brings up valid points there are other countries in that region of the
world that use the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5421 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 21 of 38 23 February 2010 at 5:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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I hope it's worth learning, because I want to learn it eventually. Mainly because of Cyrillic, it just looks so awesome
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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6767 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 22 of 38 23 February 2010 at 7:19am | IP Logged | |||||
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Russian is official in eight countries and widely spoken elsewhere throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Plus, it sounds awesome, and it's one of the world's greatest literary languages (some might argue the greatest). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| vusalgustav Tetraglot Newbie Azerbaijan Joined 6275 days ago 23 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Azerbaijani*, English, Russian, Turkish Studies: German, Spanish | Message 23 of 38 23 February 2010 at 7:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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Wikipedia has a very useful article about the Russian language. According to the
Russian language, around the world (mainly in the ex USSR republics) the Russian language spoken as a primary language by 164 million, as a secondary language 114 million, total 278 million. From me I can say that the Russian language is the communication, business and culture language in the ex Soviet countries. For instance, my company (from Azerbaijan) was recently conducting business talks with the Russian company and we were speaking entirely in the Russian language. But in my opinion Russian language has an indispensable value for the people who love reading literature. Imagine reading Russian classics in original language. The words in other languages cannot describe the feelings which the Russian language portrays. And last but not least, I have never met any other nation so grateful to learn their language. Especially the western Russian speakers excites them. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| mattvdm Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5420 days ago 15 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Ancient Greek, Spanish, Russian | Message 24 of 38 23 February 2010 at 7:59am | IP Logged | |||||
What I was trying to get at was that the ridiculousness of those who judge a language on 'economic utility' when they do NOT have ambitions relevant to the criteria. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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