Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
...
Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

jsw

On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
...
Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would
say up to 50%.

i

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
news
On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
...

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical
words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would
say up to 50%.
i

French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron,
fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French
term for forcing plant growth.

Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian.

jsw

On 2011-10-06, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
news
On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
...

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical
words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would
say up to 50%.
i

French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron,
fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French
term for forcing plant growth.

Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian.


I did not even know this, but it makes perfect sense.

i

On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:56 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
news
On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
...

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical
words
or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would
say up to 50%.
i

French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron,
fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French
term for forcing plant growth.

Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian.

I got severely bollocked at school for daring to suggest that the word
"combine" (as in combine harvester) was of English origin, not
Russian.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

wrote in message
...
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:56 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
...
Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian.

I got severely bollocked at school for daring to suggest that the word
"combine" (as in combine harvester) was of English origin, not
Russian.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

Most successful Russian inventor named Comrade Reguspatoff.

jsw

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:21:41 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message
...
Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...a-teaching-us-
astronauts-russian/?test=faces

I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical
words or also mastering the difficult grammar?

Before I was married my standard of proficiency for any language was: can
I talk a girl into bed.

Alas, I wasn't very proficient at all, even in English.

--
www.wescottdesign.com

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces


S volkami zit, po volchi vyt!

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

On 2011-10-06, wrote:
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces


S volkami zit, po volchi vyt!

Truer words have not been spoken!

i

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:31 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

On 2011-10-06, wrote:
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces


S volkami zit, po volchi vyt!

Truer words have not been spoken!

When in Rome, eh?

http://goo.gl/BQa2g

--
We are always the same age inside.
-- Gertrude Stein

On 10/5/2011 9:29 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:31 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

On 2011-10-06, wrote:
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces


S volkami zit, po volchi vyt!

Truer words have not been spoken!

When in Rome, eh?


ya beat me to it, Larry...

I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well,
rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known.

So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into
orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but
basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can
surely do it? WTF?

i

Ignoramus28169 wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces
They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the
Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we
need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters.

Jon

On 2011-10-06, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus28169 wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces
They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the
Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we
need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters.

Makes sense. Fortunately, vodka is pronounced the same way in both
countries. (as is "algebra", the reason why I registered algebra.com in
1995).

i

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:04:20 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote:

On 2011-10-06, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus28169 wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces
They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the
Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we
need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters.

Makes sense. Fortunately, vodka is pronounced the same way in both
countries.

Eez not wadka?

--
We are always the same age inside.
-- Gertrude Stein

Ignoramus28169 wrote:

Sad news.

I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces


It could be worse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xJzAYYrX8

Not Politically correct. Not safe for people without a sense of
humor, or whiny liberals. It's a spoof of 'Ken Burns' type
documentaries called "The Old Negro Space Program".


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.