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[lizziebennet]

Okay, so I didn't post about all of this, I don't think, but I found the church that my friend Fr. Andrei (the one from the quote in my last post, in Pskov) is serving at, and then I found out that the church has a website, and I sent a message through the site, and got in touch with him by email

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[blakdove]

I need to practice my Russian, too, so you should just call me :)

[lizziebennet]

You should email me your phone number--I think I don't have it. :) Though I think you're pretty busy for the next couple of weeks. Well, email me anyway, sometime.

[sovevuni]

Does he have a low voice? I find it more difficult to understand foreigners, especially men, who have low voices. I have a hard time everytime I try to speak Hebrew to my friend's husband because he speaks low and fast at the same time. And talking on the phone makes the things worse.

[lizziebennet]

He does have a relatively low voice, and I bet that is part of it--especially since I understand his wife so much better. And you're right, talking on the phone is always more difficult; when I see him in person, I can usually have a good conversation. A few weeks ago, I had a half hour conversation in Russian on the phone and understood almost everything (it was with a man, with a deep voice, too, but maybe he was making an effort to talk really clearly?) so I was hopeful that I had gotten to the point where I could talk on the phone. Apparently not with everyone though. Sigh.

[russkaya_chica]

If it's any consolation, I often find it quite difficult to understand my priest over there, unless he's delivering a sermon. I try to avoid phone conversations with him because I'm really out of luck then!

[lizziebennet]

I don't know if it is a consolation or not, because I think your Russian is far better than mine, so I don't know if I have any hope of ever being able to understand!

I do understand sermons really well, generally, in Russian.

Do you mind if I ask where you go to church, in Russia?

[russkaya_chica]

Ooo...you probably overestimate my Russian! :-) Really, my oral skills aren't very good and have disintegrated a lot over the past few years. I consider my home parish there to be St. Tikhon's Church in Klin, where Fr. Anatoly Frolov is the rector.

What's up with the idea to work over there? Sounds exciting!

[jeffholton]

"California" and "telephone" sound real similar.

It's not nearly as bad as the time I asked my phlebotomist, "Ti ukranyetz?"

She looked at me funny, scowled, and gave me an annoyed monotone: "ukranka."

Right. I knew that.

[lizziebennet]

Are you making fun of me about "California" and "telephone" sounding similar? I mean, they sort of do--in Russian especially, at least to me--but I think they are not that close.

I'm laughing at your story though--I know what that's like.

Do you speak Russian then? I don't think I knew that. Or do you only know a little?

[jeffholton]

Да. Толко немного. Я изучаль в один год.

[lizziebennet]

Darn, this is just not working for me. Even changing my encoding multiple times.

[sillyass]

congrats on your little garden, the wife and I just started our own garden too....so far so good!

[lizziebennet]

Isn't it great? I don't much about it, so I am trying to start very small.

[sillyass]

whatcha growing?