Re: Russian lyrics (apology)

[Lenka Lichtenberg <lenkal...>]

No offense taken! Dear Bob, we Czech kids were proud to mess up the Russian
we were taught and learning lyrics incorrectly would just add to one's
prestige. But you are right that it's not right  - one should not pass on
such far from perfect memories.
lenka

---- Original Message -----
From: Robert A. Rothstein <rar (at) slavic(dot)umass(dot)edu>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Russian lyrics (apology)


> I want to apologize publicly to Lenka Lichtenberg.  I was trying to be
> cute (something my wife always warns me against) in correcting her
> Russian, but in retrospect what I wrote probably sounded more nasty than
> cute.  It was never my intent to mock.
>                 Bob Rothstein
>

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