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Re: Alex Rodriguez and foregiveness

Dorogoi — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:40:34 -0000

Not so diminished, it seems.

Re: The Book of the Week contest: Down to the Last Pitch

Dorogoi — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:49:16 -0000

You know Ron, it occurs to me that as people get used to this, there could be a major lull after the 3rd person posts, in an effort to avoid being the fourth person thereby setting up the winner. It might make for a more sporting contest if you grant the prize to the first person who correctly answers a trivia question.

Re: Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Dorogoi — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:16:03 -0000

John Thorn is Jewish?

Re: Michelle Shocked Launches Into Anti-Gay Rant On Stage at Yoshi's

Dorogoi — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:38:19 -0000

>>I made the ultimate sacrifice.”<< Sounds like she's an ultimate idiot, and about as lost as she ever was, if not moreso.

Re: World's Hardest Languages to Learn

Dorogoi — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:11:36 -0000

I've been studying Russian for a year. I find it very difficult. By comparison, Hebrew was much easier for me. As a native speaker of English, for me the key issue is that Russians runs many consonants together. I can think of several words with four consecutive consonants, including a common greeting word. There may be some words with five straight consonants. American mouths and tongues don't work that way. Also there are three "gendered" distinctions, including neuter, and six (that's right SIX) cases! Oh my, all those different endings to track. Yet there is something strangely beautiful about Russian. I love listening to native speakers and hopefully one day I'll bend my brain around it.