Amazing quotes and humor
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amelia_petkova"There is a king of drawn-out music in Russian speech that comes from the great distances of the Russian steppes. This cello-like note resounds in the lengths of our names--in our surnames and patronymics. Language is the music of thought; it is what our ancestors called the soul....Russian is especially suited to the transmission of psychological states; the mood landscapes that it can evoke are unique and untranslatable."
--Andrei Voznesensky
This quote comes from a brief biography about Voznesensky in an anthology of poetry. When I read it, all I could do was stare and let the words settle in my mind. I think this is a wonderful and accurate description of how a language and its people are connected. Myself, I speak only one or two words of Russian but I know a bit more Bulgarian and I've been told those two languages are very similar. I have also taken French and German (remembering only a tiny bit), and am now studying Spanish, hoping to become fluent. My question is: How would you describe your language or any others you know? How do you feel your language?
Last night I had Molly's company all to myself as we did laundry and hung out. I played Elisabeth and Dracula for her, since I had been babbling about them for so long. Of course, this included my explaining the plot of Elisabeth and how Death is a character not based on Sisi's history (as far as we know!) and that yes, it is actually Death. Which leads to Death and Sisi's relationship. I'm afraid I weirded her out a great deal by explanining how Sisi and Franz Joseph were cousins, interactions with Death, and how Rudolf killed his mistress before committing suicide. I didn't even mention the slash possibilities between Death and Rudolf. (Molly, if you're reading this...now you know!)
I talked less during Dracula , as I haven't found a detailed description of the musical or lyric translations. This is driving me crazy. I'm a book junkie and English major--I have to know how stories end! I can guess at a few things that happen during the performance from reading the translations of characters' bios, but I'm dying to know how it all ends! Anybody out there who speaks French and would be kind enough to translate?
--Andrei Voznesensky
This quote comes from a brief biography about Voznesensky in an anthology of poetry. When I read it, all I could do was stare and let the words settle in my mind. I think this is a wonderful and accurate description of how a language and its people are connected. Myself, I speak only one or two words of Russian but I know a bit more Bulgarian and I've been told those two languages are very similar. I have also taken French and German (remembering only a tiny bit), and am now studying Spanish, hoping to become fluent. My question is: How would you describe your language or any others you know? How do you feel your language?
Last night I had Molly's company all to myself as we did laundry and hung out. I played Elisabeth and Dracula for her, since I had been babbling about them for so long. Of course, this included my explaining the plot of Elisabeth and how Death is a character not based on Sisi's history (as far as we know!) and that yes, it is actually Death. Which leads to Death and Sisi's relationship. I'm afraid I weirded her out a great deal by explanining how Sisi and Franz Joseph were cousins, interactions with Death, and how Rudolf killed his mistress before committing suicide. I didn't even mention the slash possibilities between Death and Rudolf. (Molly, if you're reading this...now you know!)
I talked less during Dracula , as I haven't found a detailed description of the musical or lyric translations. This is driving me crazy. I'm a book junkie and English major--I have to know how stories end! I can guess at a few things that happen during the performance from reading the translations of characters' bios, but I'm dying to know how it all ends! Anybody out there who speaks French and would be kind enough to translate?
