shantinik

Several months ago, I had an article in Home Education Magazine called
"Geese" in which I detailed the efforts of my public school to teach
me Russian (I was a "Sputnik" baby). In it, I related a couple of
stories of the totally useless bits I still remember (a poem by a guy
I never heard of, and of which I don't know the meaning, but which I
can recite perfectly, and with feeling!) I'll be happy to send a copy
to anyone who e-mails me privately. shantinik@...)

Anyway, it seems to have hit a nerve, and I've got some totally
hilarious e-mails back -- my favorite was another student of Russian,
whose only remaining bit is knowing how to sing "It's a Long Road to
Tipperary" (in Russian.)

So, I thought a collection of these would make for a great future
article (and might be fun to share here as well, if you choose). (Now
I don't want to offend anyone -- if language teaching somehow worked
for you, more power to it!) But I'd love to get a little collection --
what linguistic flotsam-and-jetsam do you have hiding in your
synapses, and which flossing doesn't reach?

If you post it here, I'll assume I can use it (without attribution of
course), unless you say otherwise? (or you can send it to me privately.)