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We would love to see your picture here! Although the smiling sun looks also nice <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
No, I did not think that you are older - people who travel abroad to teach as native speakers are either very young or very old... not any middle age people - since they usually have to devote their times to the family and work.

Well, Eric was a bit confused on my age, saying that he felt older than myself, when our birthdates clearly state that he is a bit oder than I.
I think it would be a great experience to teach English in a nother country, I love to learn about other cultures and languages are just fun!
I once had a class on Japanese, it was mainly the polite way to ask for tea and how to say "hello" to a new aquantence, but we learned a bit about the language. The problem with Japanese is that they have soooo many characters, almost a new one for each word, not just letters, so it takes years to be able to read an article in the newspaper.

I beleive that a good place to start is with a latin based language and work from there.
Anyway, I had better be getting to bed, a long day of school ahead of me for tomarrow <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Actually, I prefer working with the Cyrillic alphabet. It is more phonetically written than Latin alphabets, and unlike the Latin alphabet, the rules for pronunciation of Cyrillic letters remain almost the same in all languages that use it.

I thought I'd never see a thread like this! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Well, I'm a 16 year old, 2nd generation Pole (not sure if that number is right for the generation? Parents came from Poland)and from the Polish filled state of Connecticut. A high school in the heavily Polish populated town of New Britain offers Polish as a language. Lunar, what part of Colorado are you from? I used to live in Denver when I was younger. I loved going to Mt. Evans in the winter. Eric, are you a native Russian? If so, I actually enjoy some Russian things. Russian style bread and one of my favorite cartoons from Russia "Wilk i Zajac." Wolf and Rabbit. Are you familiar with it? I'd love to see the palace in St. Petersburg one day.

Yes, I know the cartoon with the Wolf and Hare. In Russian, it's called "Nu, pogodi!", meaning "Just you wait!". It's one of the most popular cartoons in the former USSR. Jaga knows this cartoon, too! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I'm sure you would enjoy the Hermitage in St Petersburg. It has the largest art collection in the world, and it's just absolutely beautiful, inside and outside!

I hadn't known that was the true title of the cartoon, I'd always thought that was what the Wolf yelled at the end of every cartoon when his plans were foiled by the rabbit. Sort of like the Russian version of Wiley Coyote and the Roadrunner.

That sounds really nice, many of the languages with latin roots have slightly different accents and pronuciations, so this one seems to be a litle easier to get to know.

I agree that this is an excellent thread! I am actually from the far west of Colorado, Grand Junction. I used to live in The Silverthorne, Dillon, Breckenridge, so on and etc area. I also love Mt. Evans with all the snow!

Anyway, welcome! (although you may have been on more than I ) :rolling:

Did you know that Russia's #1 singer Alla Pugachova makes some appearances on "Nu, pogodi!"? In one episode, you can hear her most popular song, "Million scarlet roses". In another episode, the Hare wears a red wig and a big dress and actually pretends to be Pugachova while running away from the Wolf!

Eric,

you talk about English which is an exception rather - since the pronouncation is sometimes so irregular. For Polish, Italian or Spanish - Latin alphabet just works fine!

We do have simple letters which cooresponds to simple sounds - we do have a couple of modified letters - but this all just works great! Latin alphabet has even simpler letters that cyrilic, but I agree that Russian phonetic is very well adjusted to cyrilic.