Beginning in 7th grade, I studied Russian for 5 years. Except for one forgettable year when the teacher was a Brooklyn gal with a heavy Brooklyn accent, my teacher was Gospodin Gogotsky, a Tatar who had been a choreographer in Russia. He fascinated me, even when he was, shall we say, impaired during his last year of teaching.
I own two books in Russian. Anyone who knows me is going to laugh, because the titles are so *me*: one is an anthology of poetry, and the other is Winnie the Pooh. The poetry is beyond me at this point. I'm sure I still could read the words, but I could not understand them. Winnie? Maybe.
melanie
3 comments:
Is the poetry Pushkin by chance? I love Pushkin. I love the cover art on that version of Winnie the Pooh, too.
Nice to meet you and thanks for the visit.
Winne the Pooh in Russian- so cute.
Russian! How neat! You should try and read Winnie the Pooh in Russian soon just to see if you can still do it. :-)
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