The Word's Worth
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Get to know Russia from the inside out, with podcasts on the Russian language, culture, and the latest news from the cultural editor Michele A. Berdy.
The Word's Worth
8M ago
The words for things that shut out sound and let you hear it are the same in Russian. Of course they are ..read more
The Word's Worth
8M ago
It's hard to know where general language ends and criminal slangs begins ..read more
The Word's Worth
8M ago
What you say when you bribe depends on whether you want something or they want something ..read more
The Word's Worth
9M ago
When a person eats his teeth, is that bad or good? Or even possible ..read more
The Word's Worth
9M ago
What happened last week is a changing story that depends on speaker, day, mood and the subjunctive ..read more
The Word's Worth
9M ago
If you thought you knew the names of the months in Russian, think again ..read more
The Word's Worth
10M ago
This week Russia celebrated Russia Day. If you have no idea what that holiday is, join the gang ..read more
The Word's Worth
10M ago
Сбор and сборы are unusual words: sometimes the singular and plural forms have unrelated meanings ..read more