turn about is fair play, apparently

[merchimerch]

I just had a conversation with an Armenian lady in Russian because she was trying to buy something w/out a price tag at the Big Lots and the poor cashier was having no luck talking to the poor woman. I heard her pseudo-English and realized that it was probably slavic influenced, so I asked "vy govorite po-russkiy?" And her eyes brightened and she started to babble incessantly about the pair of sweat pants she was trying to purchase that was supposed to come with a jacket, but she searched for the jacker for an hour and couldn't find it. I conveyed this to the cashier-lady and she said that she could have the pants for half the price of the set and went off to look for a tag that was the right price to scan in. During the couple of minutes wait the woman and I got to chatting and she questioned my ethnicity, and after hearing that I'm a "clean blooded" American (that's the expression in Russian - it's a bit sicko) she told me that I resemble Russians, but I resemble Americans more.

Then came the kicker - she said that I have a bit of an Uzbek accent when I speak Russian -- too funny.

I've had a Russian accent in Uzbek for quite a while - it's nice to know that they are evening out ;)

Comments

[fox359.livejournal.com]

That was a very cool story. :)

[elissali.livejournal.com]

that's cool. :)

ҳар вақт ...

[pach00ey.livejournal.com]

"Узбекский язык для взрослых самоучитель" ўқисам, merchimerchнинг фикри қилаётаман...

might be in LA next week for a friend's wedding... not sure though...

Re: ҳар вақт ...

[merchimerch.livejournal.com]

sounds good, let me know if you're doen here with free time.

[azriona.livejournal.com]

If I spoke Russian well enough to have an accent, it would likely be Uzbek - my last Russian teacher, Jenya, grew up in Tashkent. Although it would more likely be a generic mish-mashed country accent. :)