[?? Probable Spam] [SEELANGS] NY Times - "The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars"

[William Ryan]

By a strange coincidence Max Pyziur's posting came up on my screen just 
after I had been pondering the socio-linguistic significance of the 
previous message, a routine Nigerian scam letter promising millions of 
dollars - but in Russian (extremely bad). This is the first Nigerian 
scam letter I have had in any language other than bad English. Can if be 
that the use of Russian is contracting in some areas but finding new 
employment in others?

Will Ryan


Max Pyziur wrote:
> The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/weekinreview/13levy.html
>
>
> Russia's shrinking linguistic empire
> http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/09/12/weekinreview/13levy_graphic.html 
>
>
> fyi,
>
> MP
> pyz at brama.com
>
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