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Old 03-04-2003, 01:00   #4
narayana narayana is offline
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O, darling!

Dear one I had no idea you cannot read those lines. So it is in English -
There was the time before the revolution, before 1900s when most of Russian intelligence were speaking in third person about themselves, like: He Mr, We Mr. So and so... instead of - I am Mr.,
and many examples in literature especially by N. Gogol - Russian writer and some others were using this form to express an imbecility of the upper class in Russian society.

http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resour...ls10/index.htm - "dead souls"

Try this:

Гоголь переоделся Пушкиным, пришел к Пушкину и позвонил. Пушкин открыл ему и кричит: "Смотри, Арина Родионовна, я пришел!".


С почитаньецем! - With a deep respect........

Last edited by narayana; 03-04-2003 at 01:28.
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