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May 21, 2005
The measure of my powers
So I'm sitting in the Croissant D'Or in Holloway yesterday afternoon.
"Shhhh," I say to Michael. "I'm trying to work out what Slavic language is being spoken by the couple behind me."
I listen, staring blankly ahead, trying to find bits of Russian to work from.
Then it hits me. It is Russian. This is the measure of my powers: four years and one Russian degree, and I can now identify spoken Russian in under ten minutes. Bravo, I'll drink to that. A large glass of my own bile, that is.
(I'll be in New York by the end of today, ladies and gentlemen.)
Posted by michele at May 21, 2005 5:42 AM