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Music and Art at the Ukrainian Institute of America
Posted by Unfriendly Katerina on June 25, 2001 at 09:36:33:
In Reply to: TO ALL - TERESA, KATERINA AND OTHERS posted by Zapadenecj on June 22, 2001 at 16:11:12:
: TO ALL: WOW, I couldn't even think that my modest comment will cause the entire waterfall of the responses. That was cool!
: TERESA - It has never been my intention to sound mean, I just tried to correct a common mistake English speakers happen to make. Anyway, I apologize if I did sound mean for you.
: KATERINA - Hey, kobito, we're probably from the same region of Ukraine - Galyczyna. So, let me tell you something. I, unlike Teresa, am not gonna make any judgement about your personality but one thing. I guess you have a deeply sitting Galician complex - namagatysja buty svjatiszym za Papu. All this thing you've writted about people from the "former USSR" tell me that a)you desperately wanted to leave Ukraine at any rate; b) you're desperately trying to become more American than Americans themselves and you aren't doing good in it - just look at your poor English grammar. Do you really think others can't see it?
: TO THE OTHERS: Sometimes it's really fun to be at this chat. Keep up the fun. Please!
: Virtually yours,
: Zapadenecj
1.My English grammar is OK and so is yours, except you have to learn that for “The Ukraine “ and ”The Hague” you must use the definite article.
2. I am not TRYING to be American. I AM American.
I live here for twelve years, I’m a US citizen, work here, pay taxes, vote, own property, raze children. One of them is in US Marine Corps now. America is a country of immigrants. It’s my country.
3. I did not mean to disappoint you, but I am a highly paid professional, working for the US government. I’m doing much better than those who live here for generations.