You must be a fouking kidding me г"оворить по-русски сегодня престижно" where in the hell you got this?In fact it's a shame and disgrace to spick Russian in now days.

Hahaha:) Spy, you cracked me up:)

А особенно мне нравится написание слова "spick".... Сразу видно на каком языке престижно говорить для Spy :) I miei complimenti :)

не престижно это только для малограмотных, и примитивных американцев живущих на государственные дотации

Roach, you cracked me up too, my man. Are you trying to say that educated, wealthy Americans are lining up to take Russian classes? If anything, most Americans take Spanish, French, or German, but certainly not Russian.

The efforts are much higher to learn Russian then those languages that belong to one family like German. Spanish and French are roman languages but they are much closer to English then Russian. Certainly, if American has to take foreign language course in college then Russian would not be his / her first choice, but not because it is not popular, but because it is easier. I'm not sure how it was 10 years ago, but these days, certainly, more and more people are taking courses and hire private teachers to learn Russian.

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