Evening star., 1942-07-07
Try0therL Language
To Talk 10 Russian,
U. 5. Writer Advises
He Finds I Love You
Easy, but Some Other
Words Are Much Harder
By EDDY GILMORE,
Wide world.

Wide world.
KUIBYSHEV.-In order to talk
to a Russian you've either got to
speak Russian or teach the Russians
some other language-say English
and at times the latter seems easier.
There are two systems-hire a
teacher and study like you did in
school, or just jump into the mid
die of lot of Russians and speak
or starve to death. There's con-
siderable merit to the sink or starve
method, for 1 lost no weight-wh1ch
is pity.
Lots of Americans had better
learn to speak Russian, so if you've
read this far you better follow
along and learn the Gilmore sys-
tenn, which is a combination of sew
eral systems and the Australian
crawl.
How to Get What You Want.
First of all you learn that to say
II want" you make a sound almost
like sneezing but modified. You
say yah hachoo.' Learning this
pulls no surprise on Russians be-
cause, you being foreigner, they
figure you want something anyhow
Then you learn things you want
T tried to learn how to pronounce
the word for bread, which is some
thing like "kleb," but isn't, then
gave it up when I discovered that
Russians bring bread whether you
ask for it or not.
Butter is easier. You start to
say "muzzle" then slough of. Say
"maslo" and you'll get it.
Sugar is easier still. You just
say sucker" and when you get II
YOU guiltily try to figure If the
Russian wasn't a sucker to give II
to YOU with sugar so scarce.
Soup is easy, too-just say she
and think nothing Of it. To get tea
YOU say what some people cal
Chicago-"Chi."
You Can Always Point.
II YOU stay in the dining room
this long without giving up yol
can identify anything else by polnt'
ing it out, on trays as they go by.
One of the hardest things to learr
to saw is the Russian equivalent tol
hello" Roughly, and that's INT
word for it, it's a combination OF
and d followed by vitzia, Whlcf
has sometimes driven me to th'
decision that maybe it's best JUS
to tip your hat. .
How to get people in and OUT o
YOUR room is a terrible undertaKlni
and very confusing.
Russians knock, then sa'
"moishna," raising their voices Il
indicate a question. This seem
easy at first-theyre asking ma:
-" Then you realize somebody
nuts when to answer "molsnna
YOU say "moishna."
Most confusing OF all, however
is "cravat." In a great hurry on
morning, I asked the waiter Wn
was in the room to please nan
me nv "cravat." He came out lug
ging my bed
II Love You" Is Easy.
There's a wonderful word calle
"rechas." meaning pronto, or rlgf
away, but you can forget 1t De
cause mostly walters use It an
Russian walters, being no dlf1erer
from American walters, they brln
YOU food when they like.
The following is for the beneflt
bachelors. (For the benefit OF m
wife, Peggy Anne, I just ran acros
this stuff in theaters, honey
Il love you" is the simplest thin
to say in Russia. You just sa
yellow blue vase" pronouncin
=, vase as the British do-"vasz."
OF course the most importar
; word to know is the all-embracin
: "Nichevo." If any one asks yo
how you feel you can ansW'
i "Nichevo" if you feel fine,
> "Nichevo' If you don't. In fact yc
can "Nichevo" to anything and g.
by with it.
I could go on like this for hour
showing off how many words
S know. but as my old professor use
;: to saw. This is enough for OF
lesson
Anyhow, I've got to go see Ru
sian about a "sabatchka," Whlc
means a dog.