Learn Russian with me! Names of the months August-December

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Hello my dear students!
Learn Russian with me! Names of the months August-December
Be good!

Learn Russian with me! Names of the months August-December
Your trusty teacher,
Marina Orlova

 

 

 

 

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  1. Anonymous says:
    19 Nov, 2011 at 4:22 am

    @alex: re “inside job” ..  that looks interesting .. downloading via torrent

  2. Savannah Video Central says:
    17 Nov, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Yes

  3. Anonymous says:
    13 Nov, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    bloody ‘ell .. that was quite an experience .. just ordered a Samsung Galaxy Note (+related stuff) from German Amazon.de (net £££ less if i get it from Germany)

    http://www.amazon.de/Samsung-Galaxy-Smartphone-AMOLED-Touchscreen-Android/dp/B005SYZ4SQ/

    figuring out if i was clicking the right buttons was weird
    .. and it turns out i live in Vereinigtes Königreich

    • Anonymous says:
      13 Nov, 2011 at 10:22 pm

      whew! .. managed to cancel one of the peripheral bits. (it didn’t exist yet and was holding up the delivery cos they were all lumped together – i couldn’t figure how to make them separate delivery)

      Next challenge .. order printer ink from a japanese website.

  4. Neuroway says:
    10 Nov, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Per ben suonare, bisogna ben cantare.
       - Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)

  5. Anonymous says:
    10 Nov, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Where’s @leoNard:disqus   ? This one’s for you (speaking of Russia and the winter months:)
    Orthodox music and Basso Profundo * Beautiful Russia in Winter :-)

    • l-p-r says:
      13 May, 2012 at 10:26 pm

      leoNard…lEaRning

      O’LENNON, LINNANE, Leonard, (Linnegar, MacAlinion).
      The normal form of Lennon in Irish is Ó Leannáin, or Ó Lionnáin, but confusion arises because these Gaelic names have been anglicized Leonard and Linnane, while the Irish surnames Ó Lonáin (Lenane) and even Ó Luinín (Linneen) are also sometimes Lennon or Leonard in English. Of these Lennane, or Linane, belongs to the Corca Laoidhe group and was situated near Glandore Harbour. Ó Leanáin in, but not of, Hy Many, is still found in Co. Galway as Lennon, while the same name belonging also to a Hy Fiachra sept of Co. Mayo is now usually called Leonard: their position is shown on the folded map at the end of this book. Historically, O’Lennon of Fermanagh is the only Lennon sept of importance. They were erenaghs of Lisgoole near Enniskillen and produced many distinguished ecclesiastics: no less than six of them are mentioned by the Four Masters as priors or canons of Lisgoole between 1380 and 1466; while to-day the name is closely associated with the church, an unusually large proportion of persons of the name being priests. Apart from these the most noteworthy are John Lennon (1768-1846), a sailor famous for his daring feats, and John Brown Lennon (1850-1923), the American Labour leader. Ó Luinín, mentioned above, also belongs to Co. Fermanagh and is now almost indistinguishable from Ó Leannáin, except where, strangely enough, it has been anglicized Linnegar.
      Leonard, itself a well-known indigenous English surname, is remarkable in Ireland for the fact that it is used as the synonym or anglicized equivalent of a greater number of quite distinct Gaelic surnames than almost any other. In addition to the three distinct sept names mentioned above, there is the royal family of Mac Giolla Fhinnéin – son of the follower of St. Finnian – also anglicized as McAlinion. From this stock come many of our Irish Leonards, at any rate those associated with West Ulster (Donegal and Fermanagh). They are descended from Giolla Fhinnéin O’Muldory, as are the once powerful family of O’Muldory whose head was chief or lord of Lough Erne. Another family which sometimes, rather strangely, anglicized their name as Leonard was that of Mac Giolla Seannáin (the saint in this case is St. Senan, not St. Finnian) this name being corrupted in Irish to Maguinnseanáin and usually anglicized as Nugent. The Registrar-General’s returns show that, in addition to the foregoing, Lenaghan and even Nanany are found as synonymous with Leonard in English.
      No person of the name Leonard has distinguished himself in the political, military or cultural life of Ireland (or for that matter in England either).

      Oh yeh?
      John Lennon

      * Extract from the book entitled IRISH FAMILIES, THEIR NAMES, ARMS AND ORIGINS by Edward Maclysaght, published by Allen Figgis and Company Limited, 7 Dawson Street, Dublin, Ireland. © 1972 Allen Figgis and Company Limited. Reprinted by permission.
      sourced:     http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Walls_And_Bridges.html 

  6. Neuroway says:
    10 Nov, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    “For now, the US is reduced to a bizarre, quirky, sad laughing stock for me. My visit will be bathed in the surreal air of stepping into an asylum.”
        - Stevens Wittens

  7. Neuroway says:
    10 Nov, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    “It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.”    – Dr. François Rabelais (1494-1553)

  8. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Marina is hungry!

    http://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/hotforwords/status/134496963566645249/photo/1
    .. poor thing .. she needs something to fill her up.

  9. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Or…”Do you like older guys”?

  10. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    How do you say “you’re a hot babe” in Russian?

  11. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    IAEA’s “Soviet Nuclear Scientist” Never Worked on Weapons
    http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105776

    …
    It now appears that the IAEA and David Albright, the director of the
    International Institute for Science and Security in Washington, who
    was the source of the news reports about Danilenko, never bothered to
    check the accuracy of the original claim by an unnamed “Member State”
    on which the IAEA based its assertion about his nuclear weapons
    background.
    ..

    looks like we’re in for Iraq grade lying to get us into more war crimes.

    • Anonymous says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 7:39 pm

      Iran nuclear report: Why it may not be a game-changer after all
      http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1109/Iran-nuclear-report-Why-it-may-not-be-a-game-changer-after-all

      …
      Amano (IAEA Director General) has led the IAEA to take a sterner line on Iran, since taking over two years ago from his Egyptian predecessor Mohammad ElBaradei.

      An American diplomatic cable from October 2009, made public by Wikileaks, paraphrased Amano as telling the US ambassador that he was “solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision,” including on Iran.
      …
      For Kelley, formerly with the IAEA, the current Iran report is a “real mish-mash” that includes some “amateurish analysis.”

      Among several technical points, Kelley notes the report’s discussion of Iran’s “exploding bridge-wire detonators,” or EBWs. The IAEA report said it recognizes that “there exist non-nuclear applications, albeit few,” and point to a likely weapons connection for Iran.”The Agency is wrong.

      There are lots of applications for EBWs,” says Kelley. “To be wrong on this point, and then to try to misdirect opinion shows a bias towards their desired outcome…. That is unprofessional.”

      • VenomRocK says:
        13 Nov, 2011 at 4:43 pm

        A brief history describing Modern American Foreign Policy. Here’s some links mostly from youtube you might find interesting.
        Two President’s warnings not to go down a certain road.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYgLLahHv8

        Random shit:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlKGB3YwjE
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMJON4y_jac
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5E-MnDBVk
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGcJmbNgbV0
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqpi3oX8kB8
        http://rt.com/usa/news/american-nuclear-iran-uae-141/

        I think everyone knows the bogus claim of “weapons of mass destruction” when it came to Iraq.
        I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Ahmadinejad or sharia law. The citizens of Iran claim they want Democracy. I’m betting their wish will come true.:/

        • Anonymous says:
          13 Nov, 2011 at 7:58 pm

          > “ The citizens of Iran claim they want Democracy. I’m betting their wish will come true.”

          Not exactly true.  There is already democracy in Iran.  It’s not the sham that recent western hype and hysteria suggests.  (People there can vote in the district where they work, rather than where they live, which is why some city areas seemed to us to have strangely high voting rates – but you wouldnt know that if you depended upon the usual corporate news services.)

          Now, one thing to be aware of is .. Iran is a pretty poor state overall. So, most people are poor and aren’t involved in internet discussions so you wont get to hear their opinions.  However, a particular set of the middle class is active and keen to create particular impressions.  Working people and peasants tend to be more fundamentalist when it comes to religion.  Islam is an expression of the majority of the people of Iran.  The particular set of middle class that doesn’t like this does *not* want democracy to rule Iran.

          That particular set of the middle class wants their lives to have a quality of life like we have in the west. For that to happen, they would have to be against the democratic wish of the majority.  But, as long as we think they represent typical opinion in Iran, they will *say* they want democracy. 

          The US is keen on Iran’s oil resources and is keen that China has nowhere to turn for oil, and Israel is keen to take out a nation that has political independence that hampers their style.  This is why the US/Israel is keen to destroy Iran.  All that guff about democracy is, as we all know, a fanciful smokescreen.

          So, the fictional plot that we’re immersed in is: the people of Iran are oppressed under a dictatorial regime that no-one wants.  We know that’s not true. – but it’s good to keep people quiet while they get on with the warmongering.

          this, strangely, is the converse to Libya.  Libya was not ruled by sharia law, and was liberal for the middle classes who were faithful to Mr G.  However, the peasant and working classes were more keen on strict islam.  So, now the rebels (operating on behalf of western interests) managed to oust Mr G, Libya will be run on sharia law – oh, and they cut China’s ties to Libyan oil..

          • VenomRocK says:
            13 Nov, 2011 at 10:49 pm

            Wow, you seem to have a real insight on what it’s like in Iran. You’re right about the corporate news media. Like Fox, MSNBC and CNN to name just a few, when it comes to politics and real news they don’t serve all citizens. We are ruled by Corporatism. Governments only serve the corporate interests, well at least here in the U.S.

            Do you think this guy is serious when talking about Libya?
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C86NdKwcho 
            very passionate talking points.

            • Anonymous says:
              13 Nov, 2011 at 11:44 pm

              .. seems reasonable.  Essentially, he’s saying that the action against Libya was for political/economic strategic reasons.  And that’s always the reason military actions take place.  The “moral” smokescreen is invented to fog the minds and create cheering on for the military.

              I think Gaddafi had the idea that external forces are working to keep African nations distracted by continual tribal fighting (much like gangs in poor US districts).

              Libya was the most liberated and well educated of the african nations.
              Education free to all, healthcare free to all, etc.  Basically, it was a socialist nation. Democracy was on a local level with high involvement.  Gaddafi was more like a figurehead monarch (as in the UK) .. tho, of course, it wasn’t democracy as we see it. There wasn’t a two party system who’s actions are governed by corporate interests.

              Plus,  the nature of it’s clawing its way to civilization (from original western occupation) means that there was atrocious behavior in the way the opposition to the political structure was dealt with.  However, i don’t think the total ruin of the country, thousands of deaths and institution of sharia law have improved things.Lots of african countries offered to help Gaddafi, but Gaddafi refused. On the other hand, the “rebels” had help from Nato, Al Qaeda and some mid east countries who didn’t like the example he was setting.

            • Anonymous says:
              13 Nov, 2011 at 11:47 pm

              ps: i feel particularly ashamed of myself because i fell for the “rebels” fiction til it was all over and started hunting round for proper info.

          • VenomRocK says:
            16 Nov, 2011 at 8:37 pm

            About Democracy …for democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.

            Remember this classic? Yeah, it’s been over twenty years ago when this was released.

      • VenomRocK says:
        13 Nov, 2011 at 6:05 pm

        Correction at the end of my reply. You’re the same person.

        • Anonymous says:
          13 Nov, 2011 at 9:35 pm

          that’s a peculiar phrase: “you’re the same person” .. implies some sort of an accident with a duplication machine

          • VenomRocK says:
            13 Nov, 2011 at 10:15 pm

            Nah dude, I just figured out that you’re the same person I was talking too on twitter. It’s like how many people who go by mijj are out there in cyberspace? Have you been here for a while? You seem to fit right in. 
            I used to come here a lot and then Marina just stopped posting material on here.

            Well, it looks like she’s back.;)

            • Anonymous says:
              13 Nov, 2011 at 10:34 pm

              i only ever saw a couple of times my name was used by someone else (how dare they!) : a young Japanese girl and Minnesotans for Improved Juvenile Justice .. probably more out there i guess.

            • Anonymous says:
              13 Nov, 2011 at 10:38 pm

              i used to come here for a while a couple of years ago.

              It was different then. 

              You see these ruins and despair all around? .. well, they were once wonderful gleaming towers, parks and happy gurgling streams with surrounded by lots of small furry animals.

  12. Neuroway says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    “A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.”    - Μέστριος Πλούταρχος (46-120AD)

  13. Neuroway says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 11:40 am

    “This fantastic state of mind, of a humanity that has outrun its ideas, is matched by a political scene in the grotesque style, with Salvation Army methods, hallelujahs and bell-ringing and dervishlike repetition of monotonous catchwords, until everybody foams at the mouth. Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation, enthusiasm into epileptic ecstacy, politics becomes an opiate for the masses, a proletarian eschatology; and reason veils her face.”    – Thomas Mann (1875-1955)

  14. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 9:33 am

    hey!! .. how come the textbox resize thing doesn’t work when you do an edit?

    i’m outraged!  (and livid)

    I think miss orlova is being a bit slapdash with her site plugins.

    • Camp Kohler - Sacto CA says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 3:10 pm

      Could you explain exactly what you mean by “textbox resize thing?”

      • Anonymous says:
        09 Nov, 2011 at 3:53 pm

        you know .. when you “edit” a post you already made .. the thing that resizes the textbox (supposedly).  You get the little diagonal marks in the bottom rt of the text entry box – a grab area for resizing.  But it looks like the resizeable box is placed within a fixed size box. So, it’s all messed up, maaan!!

        • Capman911 says:
          10 Nov, 2011 at 6:41 am

          I know what you mean mijj. The edit box stays small instead of being able to enlarge it. Reminds me of something else. lol

        • Camp Kohler - Sacto CA says:
          10 Nov, 2011 at 12:07 pm

          Ever since M switched from WordPress to DISQUS, the edit dialog box has been fixed and small (and I don’t remember it being resizeable from the WP days). That’s just the way DISQUS does it, even on your Dashboard on their site (www.disqus.com).

          If you want more room, you can copy your existing text from the edit dialog box ([Ctrl-A], [Ctrl-C]), paste it to Notepad or some other editor ([Ctrl-V]), edit it as you wish and reverse the process to return it to the edit dialog box ([Ctrl-A], [Ctrl-C], [Ctrl-A], [Ctrl-V]).

          The only precaution is to not copy stuff from outside the box, say, from a comment that is not being edited, and then paste it into the box without first using an editor to convert it to a .txt file. That strips out all invisible special characters that can drive DISQUS’ software nuts—it locks up the instant you paste. (This problem has been reported in great detail. Meanwhile, make sure any pasted text is pure, e.g. .txt, not .rtf, .doc, etc.)

          • Anonymous says:
            10 Nov, 2011 at 4:12 pm

            i think it’s more about how the disqus plugin is integrated into the page.

            Ie. it looks like the disqus resizeable entry textbox (as part of the plugin) has unnecessarily been put inside a fixed size textbox in the page.

            Unfortunately, im pretty rusty with html, etc..  So, i couldn’t roll my sleeves up to pin it down without lots of brushing up.  But .. i’ll bet you 3 of my unwashed socks that im in the right  ballpark.

            I think it’s a symptom of M losing interest in the site.

            but yeh .. good idea to just copy and paste into a text editor and fiddle with changes there.

  15. Anonymous says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 9:28 am

    well well well ..

    “estimated” worth of hotforwords.com is $14,250.00
    .. no idea what that means tho.

    ref: http://mysitecost.com/hotforwords.com

    Estimated DataPage views per day:8673Unique visits per day:2891

  16. Capman911 says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 8:08 am

    Remember the video Marina did on the longest word something having to do with a lung disease. Well her is the longest web site url. Enjoy the site that goes a long with the name.                                    http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/

  17. Capman911 says:
    09 Nov, 2011 at 6:42 am

    I was watching her video of her an Gorby riding in her car with the top down. No the roof of the car not her top, any way she started singing along with the Russian music she was listening to and she blended in with the music like she was part of the recording. Very beautiful hearing Russian sung in real life. And we all thought Marina couldn’t sing. She was just singing in the wrong language. I like listening to Kipelov, I don’t know what he is saying but the music and the band is great. This song is Ya svoboden “I am Free”. Great song.

    • Capman911 says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 6:48 am

      I don’t think the “<a href=" is working to well. :-(

    • Neuroway says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 12:28 pm

      He is saying nothing at all. Are you deaf or something? Can’t you understand what he says? Ah, these american boyz. One has to explain them everything. It goes like this: “Nanamnoy nootishmenath does prakosh bhahallow nibotz smanobaosabradah ahhahaha, wahs wash bah yah slabore, wash wahs bah oooohoohahaha etc.. etc…” At best some monkeylike chaotic and random oohoohaaahaaahing. At worst some doggish barking. It’s just some random words sung in a non-sequitur world without any really important meaning. Don’t pay any attention to them. And remember to pimp that noisy underpowered ride of yours, eh, Capman? 

      “Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom.”
      – Albert Camus (1913-1960)

  18. Anonymous says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    well well ..

    .. our little M has an acting part in this YouTube video
    Sunday Plumbin’

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQbuhnnAFE

    • Anonymous says:
      08 Nov, 2011 at 5:18 pm

      Очень странно!

      • Anonymous says:
        08 Nov, 2011 at 6:32 pm

        Я думал, что они выполнили свою часть достаточно хорошо. Но это было довольно сюжет дерьмо.

        (хахаха)

    • Camp Kohler - Sacto CA says:
      08 Nov, 2011 at 6:40 pm

      For every story you are supposed to have a beginning, a middle and an end. I am hard-pressed to find those in this vignette of whacky apartment life. And now to the really important question.

      If you found M laid out on the floor like that, would you go for the feet first? Don’t lie now!

      • Anonymous says:
        08 Nov, 2011 at 8:06 pm

        > If you found M laid out on the floor like that, would you go for the feet first? Don’t lie now!

        well .. i’d gag her and tie her to a chair. Of course, i’d have brought the latest Manchester Guardian with me, soooo .. I’d wait until she woke, then I’d read the newspaper and sip tea and tinkle the teaspoon against the saucer in that annoying way as she looks on in impotent rage.  And if she made too much fuss, i’d make a playlist of all her word videos and make her watch them (clockwork orange style) one after the other – all 3,384 hours!

        plus – re vid .. yeh .. the plot was pretty shit (ahaaaaa hahaaa).

        aaaand .. i’m not keen on the “i’m whacky” school of acting.  M does fine tho.

        It seemed more like a technical exersize in putting a story to video, rather than a proper attempt at a story.

    • Anonymous says:
      08 Nov, 2011 at 6:43 pm

      hmmm …

      The Screen Wipe Guide to TV (the grim realities)
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOPIbb8ZjA

      good thing our M isn’t aiming for tv, eh?

    • Anonymous says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 8:21 am

      Can anybody explain me what’s the idea behind the skit? What was the connection between Sunday, Anya, the stuff inside the toilet, the peas and the feet?

      And what was the hidden premise behind those lines:
      “The plumber is trying to fix the toilet…”
      “No! It’s Sunday!”
      ?

    • Neuroway says:
      09 Nov, 2011 at 11:10 am

      LOL! Quite vulgar and shallow, but also hilarious! The Irish plumber is the best! A real buffoon! HAHAHAHA!!!! Is this a modern piece of “american” humour or what?

  19. Anonymous says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    when i hear M speakin russian i think of this ..

    a micro-play set in turn of century russia – called “Pies” – by Mighty Boosh
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn0EPYRm4GU

  20. Capman911 says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 10:16 am

    I quit my Twitter job. But I’ll follow you on Facebook and emails from here.

  21. Anonymous says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 6:51 am

    In the past, at least Americans had Stevie Wonder, Bob Hope, Johnny Cash and Steve Jobs.
    Now there is no wonder, no cash, no hope, and of course no jobs.

  22. Anonymous says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 6:39 am

    “She’s speaking with an accent. Is she Russian?”
    “Yes, she’s rushin’ !”

  23. Anonymous says:
    08 Nov, 2011 at 4:56 am

    Months! .. months .. mmmmm … unth sssssss

    those month names sound awfully familiar.

    i think they may have been stolen .. or .. they’re just english spoken through a vodka fog.

  24. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    Now when Camp Kohler and Neuroway get here, we can get some serious (?) banter going!

  25. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    …and to liven things up a bit:

    The Cossacks’ Song

  26. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    ah-HEM! getting serious: ***Homework:***
    Russian Christmas

    “Thirteen days after Western Christmas, on January 7th, the Russian Orthodox
    Church celebrates its Christmas, in accordance with the old Julian calendar.
    It’s a day of both solemn ritual and joyous celebration

    “After the 1917 Revolution, Christmas was banned throughout Russia, along
    with other religious celebrations. It wasn’t until 75 years later, in
    1992, that the holiday was openly observed. Today, it’s once again celebrated
    in grand fashion, with the faithful participating in an all-night Mass
    in incense-filled Cathedrals amidst the company of the painted icons of
    Saints.”

  27. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    ♪♥ hi, Marina, I missed you, can you tell? ♥ ♫

  28. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    And for the rest of the year:
    Январь Февраль Март Апрель Май Июнь Июль
    Yanvar Fevral Mart Apryel Mai Yoon Yool… hey! do Russians celebrate Yule in July? :-D

  29. Anonymous says:
    07 Nov, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    First! :-D

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