To Clive and CalifJim

0 девочек или девушек ? 0-

0 девочек или девушек 02br
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00 Our friend Khoff has written the above.02br
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00 Both words stand for the English word 'girl'. Their is a difference in the pronounciation which I am not good at. I am a beginner in Russian. My Russian is beneath contempt.02br
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00 девочек -----> This means a small g

0Hi Rotter/Rex,02br
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01font00My Russian is beneath contempt. 02font00Please don't be so harsh on yourself, you obviously are good at learning languages.02br
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01font00Best wishes, Clive02font0-

0 Thanks for the encouragement, Clive.02br
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0Hi Rotter - no, I am a native speaker of American English (my signature usually says this, but it has mysteriously disappeared). I studied Russian in college and graduate school, and more recently have been helping Russian immigrants learn English. Are you Swedish? You probably speak more languages than I do! Certainly your English is better than my Russian. 050010id1

0 Khoff, I am a naturalized Swede. I speak Swedish fluently. I wouldn't say that I write Swedish like a native Swede.02br
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00 I have studied French, German, Spanish, Russian and Latin.02br
00 Latin is the best out of all the languages, as far as I am concerned. Just to brush up my knowledge of French and Russian , I am studying a courses on Russian and

0 So, is your first language English? What were you before you became a Swede? (Just curious - don't answer if I'm being too nosy!) 0-

0 Khoff02br
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00 I was born in a British colony in Asia. I had difficulties in the past by disclosing my identity. So I am forced to use different identities to different forums.02br
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00 People sent me dirty filthy emails in the past. Sometimes I am a Korean. Sometimes I am a Kenyan. I can disclose more about me if you give me your email addre