Congratulations, Darryl! Is Donetsk Revisited German or Russian? And my favorite line from Chasing Light is "That which sifted through our hands and hearts.." Beautifully written, both of them :)
Very good guess: Donetsk is a major city in Eastern Ukraine. Russian is the dominant language in Eastern Ukraine (Ukrainian is the national language but spoken more often in the Western part of the country).
I have never traveled outside the US. I looked up a Russian word/alphabet translator about a month ago, just out of curiosity. I read on one page it takes 10% longer to say something in Russian than in English. It's a good thing I'm not Russian. It takes me a long time to talk as it is, lol.
Congratulations, Darryl!
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And my favorite line from Chasing Light is "That which sifted through our hands and hearts.." Beautifully written, both of them :)
Why thank you, Wendy!
ReplyDeleteVery good guess: Donetsk is a major city in Eastern Ukraine. Russian is the dominant language in Eastern Ukraine (Ukrainian is the national language but spoken more often in the Western part of the country).
I have never traveled outside the US. I looked up a Russian word/alphabet translator about a month ago, just out of curiosity. I read on one page it takes 10% longer to say something in Russian than in English. It's a good thing I'm not Russian. It takes me a long time to talk as it is, lol.
ReplyDeleteI am discovering it is a challenging language. For me the challenge is combining consonants without a vowel!
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