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eekee

Mar 27 2008, 01:15 PM

Three ugly words: credit card debt.

Actually, my tickets to berlin cost less than my friend's tickets from nyc to portland. And we've mostly stayed in people's houses, not hotels, so it hasn't really been that expensive.

QUOTE(mox @ Mar 27 2008, 01:47 PM)

QUOTE(slim @ Mar 27 2008, 10:42 AM)

Italy? What???

Must be nice to jet-set around the world on the drop of a dime. Ah, the good ol' days. I'm gonna win that Mega Millions soon though, and I'll be sure to invite all of you to stop by my island for punch and pie.

I dunno...I'd have to pack, and there's the hassle of airline travel and getting time off from...waitasecond...did you say pie? I'm so there.

slim

Mar 27 2008, 01:28 PM

For me, the traveling is never the expensive part.

It's the "paying the bills after not working for X weeks" when I get back part.

eekee

Mar 27 2008, 01:35 PM

I still get money from my parents, so it wasn't an issue for me. But that'll stop when I graduate in May though, so I'm milking it for all it's worth at the moment.

QUOTE(slim @ Mar 27 2008, 02:28 PM)

For me, the traveling is never the expensive part.

It's the "paying the bills after not working for X weeks" when I get back part.

manwithabeard

Mar 27 2008, 02:33 PM

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 27 2008, 02:35 PM)

I still get money from my parents, so it wasn't an issue for me. But that'll stop when I graduate in May though, so I'm milking it for all it's worth at the moment.

QUOTE(slim @ Mar 27 2008, 02:28 PM)

For me, the traveling is never the expensive part.

It's the "paying the bills after not working for X weeks" when I get back part.

No one's going to confuse you for a Russian woman! American 100%! Credit cards to th max. Money from home. Traveling the world on dad's dime. Yep...sounds American to me.

Kazan' Tiger

Mar 27 2008, 02:50 PM

QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 27 2008, 03:33 PM)

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 27 2008, 02:35 PM)

I still get money from my parents, so it wasn't an issue for me. But that'll stop when I graduate in May though, so I'm milking it for all it's worth at the moment.

QUOTE(slim @ Mar 27 2008, 02:28 PM)

For me, the traveling is never the expensive part.

It's the "paying the bills after not working for X weeks" when I get back part.

No one's going to confuse you for a Russian woman! American 100%! Credit cards to th max. Money from home. Traveling the world on dad's dime. Yep...sounds American to me.

eekee

Mar 27 2008, 03:12 PM

i know... My russian guy reminds me every day. It will change when I move to Russia to work though...I am sure my guy will make sure of it!

QUOTE(Kazan @ Mar 27 2008, 03:50 PM)

QUOTE(seanconneryii @ Mar 27 2008, 03:33 PM)

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 27 2008, 02:35 PM)

I still get money from my parents, so it wasn't an issue for me. But that'll stop when I graduate in May though, so I'm milking it for all it's worth at the moment.

QUOTE(slim @ Mar 27 2008, 02:28 PM)

For me, the traveling is never the expensive part.

It's the "paying the bills after not working for X weeks" when I get back part.

No one's going to confuse you for a Russian woman! American 100%! Credit cards to th max. Money from home. Traveling the world on dad's dime. Yep...sounds American to me.

irish44

Mar 30 2008, 07:39 PM

QUOTE(irish44 @ Mar 26 2008, 06:35 AM)

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 25 2008, 03:15 PM)

"Enko" is ukrainian in origin, i believe.

The only last names in russian which are declined are possessive form or adjectives--so ivanov/a is like "johnson." It's actually an alternative to the normal genitive to indicate possession--i.e., you CAN say muzh mamy or zhena papy for stepdad and stepmom, but i think a native speaker would always say mamin muzh and papina zhena. I believe this form is used a lot more with russian names/people words (mom/dad/brother/friend)/animals to show possession than the genitive. What specific possessive ending--ov/en, in/yn, or the one which is like in the title of the bulgakov story "sobach'e serdce" (heart of the dog) has always confused me and i loathe this topic in russian grammar. I also loathe how these names have a specific declension which differs from normal noun declension.

And of course adjective names decline normally.

Rebenok is a russian word last name, but not a proper Russian last name in the sense of ivanov or whatever. Interestingly, when I was studying some Pasternak my professor told us that Jews were given last names like Pasternak (turnip, i believe) as a kind of humiliation. Maybe Rebenok is the same? Rebenok is related to "guys," pebiata, i think, but i don't remember the entymology at the moment.

Her father was born with the last name Rebenok in Russia, according to her 325. I believe that it is a Byelorussian or possibly Hungarian name from the Grandparents.

Talked to Tanya yesterday. She told me that her paternal grandparents did come from Byelorussia. One mystery solved. Now if I can only find that other sock in the dryer...

Kazan' Tiger

Mar 30 2008, 08:36 PM

QUOTE(irish44 @ Mar 30 2008, 08:39 PM)

QUOTE(irish44 @ Mar 26 2008, 06:35 AM)

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 25 2008, 03:15 PM)

"Enko" is ukrainian in origin, i believe.

The only last names in russian which are declined are possessive form or adjectives--so ivanov/a is like "johnson." It's actually an alternative to the normal genitive to indicate possession--i.e., you CAN say muzh mamy or zhena papy for stepdad and stepmom, but i think a native speaker would always say mamin muzh and papina zhena. I believe this form is used a lot more with russian names/people words (mom/dad/brother/friend)/animals to show possession than the genitive. What specific possessive ending--ov/en, in/yn, or the one which is like in the title of the bulgakov story "sobach'e serdce" (heart of the dog) has always confused me and i loathe this topic in russian grammar. I also loathe how these names have a specific declension which differs from normal noun declension.

And of course adjective names decline normally.

Rebenok is a russian word last name, but not a proper Russian last name in the sense of ivanov or whatever. Interestingly, when I was studying some Pasternak my professor told us that Jews were given last names like Pasternak (turnip, i believe) as a kind of humiliation. Maybe Rebenok is the same? Rebenok is related to "guys," pebiata, i think, but i don't remember the entymology at the moment.

Her father was born with the last name Rebenok in Russia, according to her 325. I believe that it is a Byelorussian or possibly Hungarian name from the Grandparents.

Talked to Tanya yesterday. She told me that her paternal grandparents did come from Byelorussia. One mystery solved. Now if I can only find that other sock in the dryer...

eekee

Mar 30 2008, 08:43 PM

I think there are a lot of Belarusian last names which are nouns. My grandmother's maiden name was Fin, and I know that in Russian, Finn is the word for a Finnish man, so perhaps the Belarusian word has one less "n", as Belarusian spelling is more phonetic--none of these "o"s pronounced as "a."

QUOTE(irish44 @ Mar 30 2008, 08:39 PM)

Talked to Tanya yesterday. She told me that her paternal grandparents did come from Byelorussia. One mystery solved. Now if I can only find that other sock in the dryer...

slim

Mar 31 2008, 09:07 AM

QUOTE(eekee @ Mar 27 2008, 02:35 PM)

I still get money from my parents, so it wasn't an issue for me. But that'll stop when I graduate in May though, so I'm milking it for all it's worth at the moment.

My wife keeps telling me it's my job to be paying for her to travel around the world and do whatever she wants. I keep telling her she doesn't have enough credit hours to be considered full time....