"I think back in Soviet times, the brake must've been on the steering wheel or something."
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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heard: 23 October 2007
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
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[edit] added: 23 October 2007
(21:26:54) [Sarah]: The students in here were like,"Can you convince him to let us go early?" I was like,"I don't get to go early with my class with him so y'all don't get to go early."
(21:28:30) [Sarah]: They were like,"You have classes???"
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heard: 12 October 2007
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
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[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"Кантип жаңгак ача албайсың? Таш бар го?"
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heard: 6 October 2007
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
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[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"You see, it's different for you: Kyrgyz and Kazakh girls are actually attractive."
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heard: 23 October 2007
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
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[edit] added: 23 October 2007
(13:06:16) Derek: I wanted to say thanks for speaking Kazakh (etc) around me all the time
(13:06:41) Derek: I think it's giving me a big edge in my Uighur class right now
(13:07:28) Derek: Turkic seems familiar to me instead of something strange, which is something the other students I would say definitely lack ;)
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heard: 6 October 2007
[edit] added: 23 October 2007
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[edit] added: 23 October 2007
"Well, he just came from America, where people have jobs and have to do stuff, but now he's in Central Asia, where people drink tea."
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heard: 24 September 2007
[edit] added: 16 October 2007
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[edit] added: 16 October 2007
Баха: "Ты исследователь?"
Jonathan: "Да."
Баха: "Или шпион?"
Jonathan: "Ладно, я шпион."
Баха: "Где ты учился тогда?"
Jonathan: "Назвается ‘Шпионский Институт Америки.’"
Баха: "А! Мы всегда знали!"
Jonathan: "Ты знаешь как сокращается называние этого института? C.I.A.—‘Шпионский Институт Америки.’"
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heard: 19 September 2007
[edit] added: 16 October 2007
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[edit] added: 16 October 2007
[kid cries and points]
mother: "Ты трогал это, что-ли?"
[kid nods and continues to cry]
mother: "Зачем ты трогал это, зачем?!"
[kid cries louder]
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heard: 6 September 2007
[edit] added: 6 September 2007
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[edit] added: 6 September 2007
my father: "Wait, why's it that much cheaper?"
employee at undisclosed fast-foodery: "I gave you the senior discount. ...Not sayin' there're any seniors around here—I just hooked y'all up."
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heard: 5 September 2007
[edit] added: 5 September 2007
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[edit] added: 5 September 2007
"You guys had lots of things growing up that other people had never heard of, like broccoli cookies."
