Sunday, April 29, 2007

Speaking on English

Ladies and Gentlemen… I have a small problem that has been growing a bit of late. You see, I've been making small English errors… not big grammatical errors (at least not that I've noticed), but sort of translating Russian into English sometimes when I talk. Or phrases that are common in Russian, but not in English that have snuck into my daily vocabulary. Here are some mistakes I've been making… (yes - been making, not once)

Speaking on English - instead of IN English

Disbehaving - instead of MISbehaving

Feel yourself better - instead of feel better (yikes)

All the same - this is a Russian phrase that's entered my vocab

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