Фигхт Нигхт

[BlodwynPig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14963426

[vrailaine]

"I neutralised him"

could that sound any more like Ivan Drago?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Russia is like the Wild West.  Literally.

[mcbpete]

Literally ?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Да[nb]Da[/nb]

[buttgammon]

Ax, русские!

здраствуй, как у вас дела?

(Currently learning the basics and looking to drop in the most simple phrases anywhere where they might vaguely fit in order to appear vaguely competent in the Russian language when I only know about twenty different phrases.)

[CaledonianGonzo]

"Dva bol'shaya piva, pazhalsta" is all I've ever managed to learn.

Even then, I used it in a beer hall in Moscow last year and accidentally ordered two 8 pint towers of Baltika 7.

[v00n]

"Dva bol'shaya piva, pazhalsta" is all I've ever managed to learn.

Even then, I used it in a beer hall in Moscow last year and accidentally ordered two 8 pint towers of Baltika 7.

I went in a Chinese takeaway once, and asked for "twenty No 6".

Hilarity ensued.

[CaledonianGonzo]

We still drank them!

[kngen]

Ax, русские!

здраствуй, как у вас дела?

Wheee - I haven't studied Russian for a quarter of a century but I could read and understand that! Can't reply, right enough - but I don't have the fonts (honest, tvarisch!)

[buttgammon]

You can just type it phonetically into Google translate, press the space bar and hey presto - actual Russian without a Cyrillic keyboard. It isn't the ideal method if you are trying to chat with a Russian on Omegle and it takes ten minutes to formulate a basic reply but it works.

[kngen]

no shit? I'm off to try it so I can threaten Russian gangsters who've uploaded old records of mine onto dodgy MP3 sites. Back soon![nb]or never to be seen again ...[/nb]