How do you communicate with russian ladies?

[lp]

... in response to Your welcome       nt, posted by Reagan on Feb 3, 2002

..."you're" welcome. Hey, maybe you could get some of the local Mexicans to help you with "your" English?

Lol, it's back to the $50 million toll booth for me.

[Reagan]

... in response to Btw, that would be...., posted by lp on Feb 3, 2002

Chinga a tu puta madre. Eres pura mierda. Tambien eres un hijo de puta cabron.

Well you wheezing old geezer, I am sure you sit back at your ocean front property in Arizona and count your 50mil every night. I have seen people suffer from delusions of granduer, but you really need some help. But of course you know that.

Cheers to you puto.

Kevin

[MarkInTx]

... in response to lol, it's hard...., posted by LP on Feb 3, 2002

Wow... didn't take you a quarter as long as it has taken me...?

Hmmmm.. I've been at it just about a year now.

That means you found someone and married them in 3 months? Or do you mean it didn't take you as quarter as long as me to throw in the towel and give up?

As for where you are... yeah.. I'm sure you're in absolute bliss.

Probably have beautiful babes falling all over you.

That's why you have so much time to spend on here.

Makes perfect sense.

You wise and wonderful stud. Why you just CAN'T settle down anyway. You'd break a thousand hearts if you ever did...

[MarkInTx]

... in response to How do you communicate with russian ladi..., posted by Natalya on Feb 3, 2002

I don't meet anyone who can't at least speak enough English to have a date without needing an interpreter present.

I just can't imagine saying:

"Tell her she looks wonderful. And that her perfume is heavenly."  

... Much Later ...

"Ask her if she is enjoying this evening as much as I am, and would like it to go on?"

... Much much later ...

Interpreter, speaking for the lady: "The lady says Ooooh. Ohhh. That is great. Faster please. Harder... what's that? Oh... she says... Yes, baby, just like that. Oh... wait... Now she wants to know how you have three hands?... Ooops..."

[Zink]

... in response to Personally, I use English, posted by MarkInTx on Feb 3, 2002

As long as you have a pretty interpretor!

[RW]

... in response to That's not so bad..., posted by Zink on Feb 3, 2002

LOL

[Zink]

... in response to Now the truth comes out lol n/t, posted by RW on Feb 3, 2002

I never thought about you reading this. Just don't tell your hubby!

[Natalya]

... in response to Personally, I use English, posted by MarkInTx on Feb 3, 2002

MarkInTx, you are something else But seriously you requirement for lady to speak enough English reduce amount of potential RW to almost nothing. Of course I didn't visit Russia for the past 6 years, but back then procentage of women who'd meet your requirement would be 5 maximum 10%. How many russian women speak fluent English these days?

[Richard]

... in response to Re: Personally, I use English, posted by Natalya on Feb 3, 2002

I think that the ability to speak English, or at least the willingness to learn English is a sign of sincerity in a woman who wants to get involved someone from an English  speaking country.  For example I met a woman in Kiev who was very interested in me (or so she said ) until I told her that I could not see starting a serious relationship with her unless she started to learn English. That was the last I heard of her.  (Notice, I said at least the willingness to learn English.)

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Personally, I use English, posted by Natalya on Feb 3, 2002


I never said Fluent.

I only said enough that we didn't need an interpreter.

I think how many women you can find depends on where you go...

St. Petersburg, for instance, has a ton of women who speak English at a passable level.

If you go to Scanna's site, and do a search for someone who speaks english at a 4 or 5 level (5 being fluent) you will end up with hundreds.

They publish a new web edition every Friday. 100 women are added every week. This is what I got just now when I checked the last edition:

English Level 5:
  14 ladies. Ranging all over. Age ranges from 22 - 36
English Level 4:
  35 ladies. Again all over. Age ranges from 19 to 35.
English Level 3:
  39 Ladies.
English Level 2:
  10 Ladies.
English Level 1:
   1 Lady

So, in a (Very) random sampling, that means that of the 100 ladies Scanna just posted, 49 of them speak english at a good or fluent level. But, I only require at least a FAIR rating. Which means that 88% of the ladies would qualify.

Sure... I guess I COULD go after that one lady who didn't speak english. But why would I do that?

Of course, results vary depending on where you're looking, I understand. But I just don't understand why a guy would spend so much time and money to get a woman who cannot speak any english. It makes no sense to me. If she's going to move here, she's going to have to understand the language.

I don't take this attitude just for my sake. It's for HER sake too. She HAS to speak English, or she will be miserable here.

I think that a lot of the horror stories you hear about women who are sad and cannot adjust are because they feel so totally isolated.

When I was in Russia, I didn't speak the language. I'm a well-travelled man. I have logged over 1,000,000 miles with American Airlines. and STILL I felt intimidated.

I cannot imagine how a woman who has never travelled abroad must feel when she is suddenly dropped into a land where everyone speaks a language she does not understand, and she is immersed in a culture which makes no sense to her.

Sheesh. No WONDER she feels lonely and wants to home.

What good is it to live in the Land of Opportunity, when you can't communicate with anyone?

[LP]

... in response to How do you communicate with russian ladi..., posted by Natalya on Feb 3, 2002

...use cash. It's the universal language and they all seem to understand it *very* well.

Seriously...well, I am being serious. Either we study the lanquage (I did, some don't), use a software translator or do the hard way, by dictionary. If one is lucky one may have some local Russian friends who'll help.

The other ways involve spending money. Interperters, agency translation services, ect.

I'll leave the debate as to the wisdom of becoming involved with a non English speaker in the first place to others.

[tfcrew]

... in response to I prefer to...., posted by LP on Feb 3, 2002

My Svetlana hasn't mastered English and probably never will.
I know sign language,    Spanish and some German.  I do wish I knew Russian  ...I know, "wish in one hand...."
So another post I thought of is "why only Russian women"?
I wanted a real WIFE....From far away seemed a good idea.
I guess a "common language" is sometimes a little too "common".
She just happened to be from Ukraine.

[micha1]

... in response to I prefer to...., posted by LP on Feb 3, 2002

LP,  you are my man.  CASH is the word and you don't need a translator.

You reminded of a story, a real one.  Use to hang around a watering hole in Montréal.  A small guy was there all
the time and all the girls were after him, the most popular guy in the joint.
Five-five max.  110 pds wet,  look like nothing at all, did not drink water very often.
One day I was speaking about this with his brother, I said that "he must be well equiped - pecker wise - and an artist, when it came to roll in the hay."
His brother said no,  he just layed c-notes on it.  

[Natalya]

... in response to Re: I prefer to...., posted by micha1 on Feb 3, 2002

Thank you for respond to my question.I was just kinda wondering what kind of wife (I mean any kind russian, american etc)you can find using cash. I'm sure there are some russian women for who CASH is THE WORD, just like for you. But majority of them have different values in life. Oh well, you know what you looking for in relationship and I'm sure you and your future RW( if you find one of course) will sure deserve each other.

[greg2]

... in response to Re: Re: I prefer to...., posted by Natalya on Feb 3, 2002

that you are correct in what you say. It is a sad world because women tell men in so many words that cash removes all boundaries more often than not. This is why - the main reason why - men try to do well in the world of finances.