A bit of Russian help for a character

[Henry]

Just out of my insatiable curiosity, where did you learn Russian, Art?

(Interesting note: I did a little looking around, and discovered that reading cyrillic seems to be quite easy, and in fact seems easier than English.)

 

[Desdichado]

(Interesting note: I did a little looking around, and discovered that reading cyrillic seems to be quite easy, and in fact seems easier than English.)

Right, when I took Russian in college, learning the alphabet was the easiest part. You can do that in about an hour or so, and you'll be able to read anything in Russian. Of course, you won't know what anything means but hey, that's not what counts in a roleplaying game!

 

[johnsemlak]

Just out of my insatiable curiosity, where did you learn Russian, Art?

(Interesting note: I did a little looking around, and discovered that reading cyrillic seems to be quite easy, and in fact seems easier than English.)

I warn you, it's much more difficult to read shorthand

 

[johnsemlak]

Wolf's Eye

"Glaz volka" is very literal (wolf's eye). If you want a more dramatic "eye of the wolf" - "Oko volka" has more of the old russian vernacular feel to it.

That may be true.

What exactly does "Oko" mean, btw?

 

[Shemeska]

I warn you, it's much more difficult to read shorthand

*shudder* How true. I wish I remembered most of my Russian, I've forgotten most of it since I havn't had anyone to speak it to in years since I was nominally fluent in it. Fun language though.

 

[PaulGreystoke]

That may be true.

What exactly does "Oko" mean, btw?

It's an archaic Russian word for eye. According to my handy russko-angliskiy slovar' it is still used in the phrase "oko za oko, zub za zub" - "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". Interesting.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Just out of my insatiable curiosity, where did you learn Russian, Art?

(Interesting note: I did a little looking around, and discovered that reading cyrillic seems to be quite easy, and in fact seems easier than English.)

My parents and grandparents....but shhhhhhhhhhhhh...

As far as i'm concerned i'm a red blooded american.

 

[Henry]

As far as i'm concerned i'm a red blooded american.

A-HA! I KNEW IT! A COMMIE!

Seriously, that's cool. My grandparents on both sides were good old fashioned countrified North Carolinians, with German immigration much further back on both sides. My family used to say my maternal grandmother had a "German" temper - back when she tried to stab my grandfather with a kitchen fork, while the kids hid behind the outhouse.

Our family, the cut-ups.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Henry, you as a mod, know better then to bring polotics into the board, hrm? :-D