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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
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Our two Belarussian boys...
Tim wrote in news:feecded3-83cf-467f-9e65-
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I doubt if you can speak any russian, and I don't' think they could
speak any english, but it seems like "ice cream" is universal!
Most East European kids speak fluent English and have for a long time. A
friend just came back from Prague. I asked if they learned any Czech.
"Why? Everyone in Prague speaks English. They'll stop you on the street
to speak English to you!", they told me.
The Soviets taught all their kids English so when they took over America,
they'd all be able to tell us what to do.....
All Iranian kids spoke, or tried to speak, English when I lived in Tehran.
English meant you got great jobs working with foreigners. In the 70's,
Tehran had lots of foreigners, especially American and English. Hell, we
had our own TV channel and it was the most popular with Iranians.
Even the street kids in Prague spoke English, they told me....begging for
money and selling their bodies.
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