Better is the enemy of good enough.
All translations by me.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Deep Thought
In the spirit of Reagan's assertion that there isn't a Russian word for "freedom", линия повествования and публичность aren't Russian words or concepts either.
This is just rhetoric. If we assume this line of reasoning than English has practically no words to speak off - most of the vocabulary would come from Roman, Greek or Ghallic languages.
Yeah...you missed the joke. The point is that if Reagan can deny that certain words exist than so can we. Maybe. I could be wrong though, only RussianNavyBlog knows for sure what he meant.
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ReplyDeleteYOUR the Russian speaker here. I'll just take your word for it.
Gents,
ReplyDeleteThis is just rhetoric. If we assume this line of reasoning than English has practically no words to speak off - most of the vocabulary would come from Roman, Greek or Ghallic languages.
Unless, of course, I missed the joke.
Sergei
Yeah...you missed the joke. The point is that if Reagan can deny that certain words exist than so can we. Maybe. I could be wrong though, only RussianNavyBlog knows for sure what he meant.
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