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		nephihaha 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian I think it is generational. A hundred years ago, most Eastern Europeans would have learnt German, fifty years ago they would have learnt Russian and nowadays they all want to pick up American English.

ponector 3 months ago [–]

If only they had a choice under russian occupation to not learn russian language.

nephihaha 3 months ago | [–]

I didn't have a choice about French and we are not under French occupation.

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