You’re clearly not listening. It’s a rare day I don’t overhear someone speaking Russian.
edit: to clarify, I’m not sure if you just hang out in neighborhoods with a smaller group of Russian speakers, or if you have a different sense of what часто means than I do, but I can tell you I would have struggled with homesickness a lot less if I had heard English spoken in Nizhni as often as I hear Russian spoken in Seattle.
Yeah? I’m a Russian speaker in Seattle, it might just be possible that I’m more frequently in Russian-speaking places in Seattle? And “often overheard” is not a high bar to clear – if you take the bus to lunch and back again, you’ll hear dozens of conversations; even if only a very small portion of them are in Russian, you’ll still hear one most days.
Yes, there are Russians here, but “you commonly hear Russian on the streets” is nonsense. Quit your bullshit.
You’re clearly not listening. It’s a rare day I don’t overhear someone speaking Russian.
edit: to clarify, I’m not sure if you just hang out in neighborhoods with a smaller group of Russian speakers, or if you have a different sense of what часто means than I do, but I can tell you I would have struggled with homesickness a lot less if I had heard English spoken in Nizhni as often as I hear Russian spoken in Seattle.
Clearly, you are choosing very specific places to frequent.
Yeah? I’m a Russian speaker in Seattle, it might just be possible that I’m more frequently in Russian-speaking places in Seattle? And “often overheard” is not a high bar to clear – if you take the bus to lunch and back again, you’ll hear dozens of conversations; even if only a very small portion of them are in Russian, you’ll still hear one most days.
Uh huh.