Na vkus i tsvet

[Anna Frajlich-Zajac]

This saying is a variation of Latin: de gustibus non est disputandum.
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Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Ph.D.
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Department of Slavic Languages
Columbia  University
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On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Helen Halva wrote:

> I think there are regional variations in these common sayings.  I  
> am American, and I always heard "When in Rome, do as the Romans  
> do."  I once (while in Russia, in fact) got into a tremendous  
> argument with another American, who insisted that it could only be  
> "When in Rome, do as the Romans."  I think sometimes we need to  
> agree to disagree on these things . . . if the future of the planet  
> is not at stake . . . .Native speakers do grow up in different  
> cultural communities . . . .
>
> HH
>
>
>
> Katya Jordan wrote:
>> Another native Russian here:  it should be in the singular.  It  
>> really should.
>> But then again, to each his own, I suppose.
>>
>> --Katya Jordan
>> University of Virginia
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