Cкажите ка мне ребятки ,( по- англицки ), как правильно гнать самогон из браги .
И как первач потом раскусить.

Here we go:
Could you, fellas, tell me (in English) how to make homemade booze from brew.
And then how to split prime fraction.

Hi to all!
boba - thanks for interpretation,,,,,can't add more ))))
Still no hope for cooling temperatures(((( Fed up with the heat and looking forward to go back...
Perhaps eventually the wind will bring some change to the atmosphere and yet the summer will be called "scorching and roasting"
Take care all of you...

And looks like we have - on other side of "a puddle" - shower every God's day!
Mushrooms are everywere!

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America ..
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria!
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: 'K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. ____________________________________________

TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

An anecdote. A foreigner dropped into a opened sewage hatch. After getting out all in a shit hi ran to the militiaman standing nearby with words: You are crazy! Why haven't you marked the hole? The answer was: Haven't you seen a marking when you crossed the border?

TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'

MILLIE: I is...

TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'

MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

LOUIS: Because George still had the ax in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?

CLYDE: No, teacher, it's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD: A teacher

Excuse me sir, can I ask you a question?
- Of course.
- How do you prepare your chicken?
- Well, we actually don’t prepare. We just tell them they are going to die.

Hi to all!
I am back home! Lots of emotions after a rather challenging holiday time...)))) Need some time to recover from what was seen, heard and experienced...

just found this
"Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile!"


Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!"
So what we are waiting for???
Let's dance!

Hi Mila!
Glad that your smoky vacations haven't disrupted your positive attitude to life. Except for the overheating, what was the main impression?

Hi to all!
Well Dima, the only one thing I could say right now "I am glad it's all over!"))))
and yet, looking through rosy shades, I will do it again...next year or perhaps by the end of December....
The Volga was beautiful and inspiring....
there is a photo,perhaps not quite capturing and yet...
http://s56.radikal.ru/i151/100 ...

To be capturing enough under such atmospheric condition you had to shoot in an infrared rays :-) Luckily we are already out of that nightmare. I hope your next visit will be more comfortable. As far as it could be in December :-)

Dima,
Glad the heat is over, but actually.. when I came to Moscow on Thursday I was shivering from cold at Kasanskii Station))))From one extremely hot region to another nippy one))))
Well, this is our Russia! No time to stop and think, just get ready for another challenge, which might be right behind the corner)))
P.S. Please check your email.

checked, answered

Hi to all!
How is everyone doing?

a few more bits on everyday conversation cliches
There is a tendency now to thank people in a different way, rather than just to say "Thank you". This is just because people can't be bothered to say the same things over and over again and would like "to spicy up" their everyday greetings...)))
Here we are:
Fab!
Lovely!
Wicked!
Cheers.....
So instead of saying " thank you", one can simply use one from the list above.
Enjoy your English and keep on brushing up!

it's something at least :-)

Hi all!
I need an advice.
I heard, that somewere in the net there are records of real speech of ATC and pilots.
So, I searched LiveATC.net, but there are records with big pauses, when frequency is clear, as in real life.
Where I can get records with cut off silence in it?
Thanks.

2 warhawk
Look for Airspeak radiotlephony communication for pilots by F. Robertson

Thanks, MSL (Hi, BTW), for your help))))

Hi to all!
Was driving today through rain, turning into heavy downpour from time to time, and suddenly heard this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

While the C-5 was turning over its engines, a female crewman gave the G.I.s on board the usual information regarding seat belts, emergency exits, etc.

Finally, she said, 'Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your captain, Judith Campbell, and crew take you safely to Afghanistan '
An old MSgt. sitting in the eighth row thought to himself, 'Did I hear her right? Is the captain a woman? '

When the attendant came by he said 'Did I understand you right? Is the captain a woman?'
'Yes,'! said the attendant, 'In fact, this entire crew is female.'
'My God,' he said, 'I wish I had two double scotch and sodas. I don't know what to think
with only women up there in the cockpit.'
'That's another thing, Sergeant,' said the crew member,
'We No Longer Call It The Cockpit - It's The Box Office.'

)))))))))))
Well said!!!!

Hi to all!
Just found the thread right in the middle of the page ((((
We were having dinner while our cat was "singing"=purring loudly. My husband said :" Tom, are you a busker?" and Tom loudly miauwed in response))))
a busker - someone who is performng a kind of street art begging for food, money, goodies...etc...))))

It's a Bank holiday today in the UK, the last Monday of August. It's a good opportunity ot have another day off. So we braced ourselves for a short trip)))) There is a small but very attractive town of Cristchurch.
Here are some photoes of it:
Cristchurch Priory
http://s50.radikal.ru/i128/100 ...
the canal towards the sea
http://s43.radikal.ru/i099/100 ...
one of the streets
http://s003.radikal.ru/i202/10 ...
the wall of the oldest building in the town
http://s52.radikal.ru/i137/100 ...

Europe English
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen world!

Zis iz very funy))))))Sanks....

Sanks.... or sanx?)))

Ye,wot du u lik...))))

Both))
This way English sounds like German))))Awful! LOL

This is well right. So we'd rather not go on with it any longer, otherwise our sensible brushuppers will be completely discouraged and confused...)))
So back to Classical one!

Probably that is "BOYAN"? or "BAYAN"? but... still funny:
THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us food and drinks.

As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and said....

'Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super.'

On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed this well-dressed and rather Arabic looking woman hadn't moved a muscle. 'Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines when I asked you to raise your trazy-poo!, so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground.'

She calmly turned her head and said, 'In my country, I am called a Princess and I take orders from no one.'

To which (I swear) the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, 'Well, sweet-cheeks, in my country I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray-up, Bitch'

I've got a quiery re: a song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
have heard quite a lot some years ago and yet dont' know the singer..((( though it's pretty "girlish" sobbing song...and yet..

Hi again!
I think that a few tips for making your speech natural, one would like to use the so called linking elements. When you need to attract attention or just make others to listen to what you are going to say:
I am going to discuss 3 different points of view...
Let's turn to...
Initially, let's look at...
To begin with.../To start with....
On the other hand..
Which brings me to.../Which leads me to...
I would like to discuss..
In response to that...
Finally, we come to...
Lastly, we have...
That covers...
Overall, we see...
Therefore...
Consequently...
To conclude..
What I want you to take away from this...
I strongly recommend...
Clearly, our next stop is...

I hope that when you start using these and many other linking elements in your speech one can be absolutely sure, that your English is very good and fluent.
Good luck!

Mila Love

I've got a quiery re: a song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
have heard quite a lot some years ago and yet dont' know the singer..((( though it's pretty "girlish" sobbing song...and yet..
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This song is performed by Blackmore's Night http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B ...

Hi! I'm back from holiday: no smoke, no heat (no buckwheat:) - just beautiful! Several thousands more kms reeled on a cardan, found an isolated place in Crimea where we had an own beach, no one around and even no mobile coverage. Visited MIAS-2010 yesterday. Enjoyed 3 times!!!

My turn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Hi to all!
Thanks ATC (I would hope that you don't mind that your nick name has been "converted" by me ;-))
I would imagine that the info re: Blackmore's Night could be easily googled. What I personally was interested more was the author of the lyrics...as the tune is a bit pretty simple...
Nice to hear about your perfect destination of serenity and piece. I would imagine that this could be ideal gateaway for people working in extremely busy environment, like one of yours.
At the very end of the day I personally prefer just to have a cup of tea in a quiet atmosphere with almost no communication engagemnet..)))))

Sure, I'm ATC to the core. And yes again, we're in the busy environment:

http://atcm.ru/img/page_img/rdc.jpg

And here's MIAS-2010:

http://ipicture.ru/uploads/100 ...
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Nice cars and lovely girls...))))

A friend of mine has just sent me this fun stuff about the easiest way for foreigners to start using some basic Russian phrases. Try to work out yourselves what do those mean ( a tip: you have to pronounce these word combinations together)
Horror Show - хорошо!

Иногда удивляешься способностям кино-переводчиков с английского, если при этом слышно оригинальный текст на английском. Вот примеры таких переводов, взятые из фильмов:


Downtown-Город даунов

Silver is the best conductor of electricity-Сильвер - лучший кондуктор электрички.

I am not like you-Вы мне не нравитесь.

The troops were marching-Трупы маршировали.

I miss my town badly-Я девушка и живу в плохом городе.


И конечно же, бессмертное:

We are the champions-Мы - шампиньоны!
Have a nice Friday! ))))))

Lеt's hаvе а раrtу - Давайте организуем партию.
Саn Yоu hеаr mе -Ты можешь меня здесь.
Undrеssеd сustоm mоdеl - Голая таможенная модель.
Маniсurе - Деньги лечат.
I'm just аsking - Я всего лишь король поп.
I hаvе bеёn thеrе - У меня там фасоль.
Gоd оnlу knоws - Единственный нос бога.
Wе аrе thе сhаmрiоns - Мы шампиньоны. - супер!
Dо Yоu fеёl аlright? - Ты справа всех знаешь?
Вуе bуе bаbу, bаbу gооd bуе - Купи купи ребёнка, ребёнок хорошая покупка. -супер!
То bе оr nоt tо bе? - Пчела или не пчела?
I fеll in lоvе - Я свалился в любовь.
Just in саsе - Только в портфеле.
I will nеvеr givе uр - Меня никогда не тошнит.
Оh dеаr! - Ах олень!
I sаw mу Ноnеу tоdау - Я пилил мой мёд сегодня.
I'm gоing tо mаkе уоu minе - Я иду копать тебе шахту.
Мау Gоd bе with уоu - Майская хорошая пчёлка с тобой.
Finnish реорlе - Конченные люди.
Ваd influеnсе - Плохая простуда.
Рhоnе sеllеr - Позвони продавцу.
Gооd рrоduсts - Бог на стороне уток.
Wаtсh оut! - Посмотри снаружи!
I knоw his stоrу wеll - Я знаю твой исторический колодец.
Рrеss sрасе bаr tо соntinuе - Космический бар прессы продолжает.
I lоvе уоu bаbу - Я люблю вас, бабы!

To kill a man — Человек, злоупотребляющий текилой

Super trooper — Великолепный патологоанатом

Space marine — Морской пробел

Phone seller — Позвони продавцу

One Firm, No limits — Одна фирма, сплошной беспредел

No need to run — Нет, надо бежать!

I ll be back — Я буду спиной

I’ll be back — Я буду пчелиной спиной

Honey, don t! — Меда нет!

Hell knows — адский нос

FAR manager - начальник далеко (не все знают, что это программа такая DOSовская )

All by myself — Всё покупаю сам

Airborne — рожденный в самолёте

A rabbit lay in a depression — Кролик лежал в депрессии

A naked conductor ran along the roof — Голый кондуктор бесамое бежал по крыше

A gypsy woman — Женщина из гипса

Those were really pearls of "wisdom" ))))))))))

Hello!
Need to figure out if there are any rules concerning abbreviation pronunciation. For inst: EFIS, ICAO, etc (4+ letters)
Thanks.

No rules: ICAO (ai'kao) but ILS ('ai'l's). I think, what could be pronounced as an ordinary word (ACARS, TCAS), will be pronounced just so for easiness.

Беру я слово - привлекательный:

attractive
appealing
inviting
catching
engaging
pleasing
lovable
alluring
enticing
likeable
lovely
pretty
likable
appetizing
catchy
stunner
winning
fetching
cute
rose-colored
savory
well-favored
magnetic
endearing
quaint
nice-looking
winsome
dinky
cunning
taking
beguiling
gash
dishy

и медленно схожу с ума....

ok, how'll be EFIS?

Штурман ёмоё

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Штурман ёмоё

ok, how'll be EFIS?
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it will be ee-fis
basically acronyms (abbreviations) containing 4+letters are pronounced
as one word
METAR - meh-tar
NOTAM- no-tam