Diavona,

unfortunately, I didn't translated them in a written form, just to understand the meaning

Listening to (well, reading) your comments about these French musicals makes me think of another, maybe you've heard of it: "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris." My husband Dan also loves French, and he often listens to this singer's music, as well as the songs from this musical that was written about him. I think Brel was actually Flemish, from Belgium, so it isn't Parisian French. On his albums there are actually a couple of songs in Flemish! It sounds SO different (from French, but also from anything else I've ever heard!). It's kind of interesting.

Good..., ladies!
Special thanks to Diavona, this topic has made me register here. I've been looking thru the site for over a year, but was lazy to join it.
My English still has some place to grow, and is it is, it's not very much of English, it's more American due to work.
My little one is Luba, 8 years old.
Unlike most of you, I work. Whereas I promise myself to quit it. But when at home I miss my work.
Interests: plants. My plants are everywhere: at home and at work.
Reading. Catch up with the writers that passed by me in the University
2 Радистка Кэт: is it you who(m) I see at trworkshop.net forum?

2 Мама-кошка: Nice to see you here! Your guess is absolutely correct! And what is your niсkname there?

2 Радистка Кэт:
my nick out there is elenapal. it's been a while I haven't written anything there, i hardly have time to look it thru. actually, I do not write there very often at all, I just read what I think is handy.
I remembered another hobby with me: I pick up different sayings (funny, acute, smart, striking, etc.). The way it came to me - one of my counterparts was doing it, she wrote them into a small notebook and left it in our table when she went home. So I first just didn't want to stop it for her, then it turned into a habit.
What I'm drivig at? I've taken some of your, girls, signatures into my collection. Today I send them throuhg Mail-Agent to my co-workers. LAUGH!!!

I remember you! I mean your replies at that forum. What a small world!

Мама-Кошка
Welcome!
Your English is quite impressive! And what kind of work do you have? Is it connected with travelling? Tell us, please, some words about it!

Your hobbies are very interesting. You know I think plants do not like me I had a lot of them at home before. But... even cactuses died Sometimes I forgot to water them and... you see...

And the second hobby... cool! I think we all would be glad to see some of your sayings. Are they in English or in Russian? And why didn't you have one here?

Hi Мама-Кошка/Luba! Nice to see that there are always more people interested in writing in English! OK, so, I have to ask (even though I can easily go there and see for myself... see what I keep saying? LAZY!): what is "trworkshop"? Is it about travel? Is it for translators? Trainings? Trial lawyers? Troublemakers?

Luba, which writers are you catching up on? I have often told myself I should have a reading project where I do exactly that -- catch up on things I should have read, but didn't. Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. Maybe when I'm old and grey and retired...

Bayleaf, definitely not. when grey and retired, TIME will run faster. grandchildren even faster than faster. no chance to read.
Luba is not catching anything, she's 8, going to the 2nd grade. to make her read anything except stupid magazines like Barbie, etc. - is a problem.
I AM catching up with what the good students were reading in the university and school.
trworkshop.net is a professional site for interpreters/translators with a forum. i guess, it stands for "translators' workshop". by the way, welcome there whoever is intersted!
about sayings: both english and russian. not very many of them, but i will sure share

Oops -- the danger of reading and responding too fast. Sorry, about that -- yes, of course, your daughter Luba is involved in her own reading... But you -- I'm just curious -- what are those authors you're catching up on? I know what I would catch up on if I had the chance -- I think it would include some Hemingway, some Jane Austen, maybe some Mark Twain, and maybe some John Steinbeck. Even those works of theirs that I read of them in school, of course, I didn't appreciate then in the same way that I would now, so now that I think about it, I really am tempted to try returning to them! (I guess like you were!)

Hemingway included.
Actually, there've been plenty of recent years. And of course, not limited by the aim to catch up. Say, right now I'm reading P.Coelho's The Witch of Portobello. The previous one was Dina Rubina.
By the way, the least is very light and amusing. The way only Jewish can write. обхохочетесь.

wake up!
nothing's happeening? or nothing to idscuss in English?
who asked me to share my SAYINGS?
i put them into SMILE branch

Diavona!!!

Impressed by your talent,your beadwork is amazing!!

I'm crazy about jewelry & jems, but i cound never imagine one could make such an absolutely splendid artwork of beads!

Would you plz recommend any specific manual for beginners(maybe one of those books you mention @ womanshobby)? Cant wait to make something of my own!!

BTW, about me, I"m Anya ( FESTU Linguistics educ, + used to live in ME, USA for over a year+lots of traveling around engl-speaking countries), 24 y/o. Now working in Vlad for a large trade holding company, got married last year, no babies yet:-))

Great idea to chat in English, especially for those who have no other chance to practice their skills, but honestly not a good idea to correct others' errors not being a native speaker- but i guess this doesnt happen any more.

nice meeting u all!
Anya

Hi!
My name Nastya. I am not merrid, but in february we are plans to do it.
My english is bed because i only begin stady it.
I`d like red books, play on PC and (of cource!) make jewellery from deads.
Are you accept me in your company?

Nastenka, nice to meet you here! Join our small circle!
But did you really mean "deads"( dead people) or beads (kind of artificial jewellery)? It's rather interesting to me...

oh! I am sorry, of course beads!
What are your intresting jewellery form beads?

Welcome, nastenka!
Growth is a metter of prafctice, just do not stop or hesitate!
many people are afraid of making mistakes - you are not, and this is your bonus
mind that
По рзелульаттам илссеовадний одонго анлигйсокго унвиертисета, не иеемт занчнеия, в кокам пряокде рсапожолены бкувы в солве. Галвоне, чотбы преавя и пслоендяя бквуы блыи на мсете. Осатьлыне бкувы мгоут селдовтаь в плоонм бсепордяке, все-рвано ткест чтаитсея без побрелм. Пичрионй эгото ялвятеся то, что мы не чиатем кдаужю бкуву по отдльенотси, а все солво цликеом.

2 Радистка Кэт:
тук-тук-тук-тук! на Городе Переводчиков давно была в "Явочной квартире"?

Мама-Кошка
Oh! My profile there must be dead))

Hi, girls!
I'm in reading process of thic topic (May be, this sentence is wrong, please correct it, if it is so). And I've not yet reading all your messages, but I want to write some words about myself.
My name is Ann. I'm 27 y.o. I have 3 y. o. daughter. Her name is Dasha. I think she's very amusing little artiste. Sometimes naughty and capricious, sometimes angel just without wings. She made so unexpexted logic chains sometimes that it's amazing for me.
But all of her logic chains based on our words that she hear everyday. And this is more amasing! She's like CD-R: at first record new words and ununderstable phrases, then use.
That's all for a while. Let me fulfil work duties.