color orange

[Alina Israeli]

Sep 11, 2010, в 10:14 PM, Alina Israeli написал(а):

> Sep 11, 2010, в 9:08 PM, William Ryan написал(а):
>
>> This rather surreal set of possible word combinations certainly  
>> pushes up the potential word count for "oranzhevyi" (though the  
>> absence of fruit in the list certainly reinforces my memory of the  
>> 1960s),
>
> Well, I lived in Leningrad in the 60's, all of them, every single  
> year of the decade (not so for the 50's or 70's). Oranges were  
> sporadic, but certainly they were there from time to time. How can  
> remember it so vividly? I had allergy to oranges, I would break into  
> hives. Fortunately, my food allergies got cured in 1968 and I have  
> been drinking orange juice every day since I am in the US.
>

I also remeber the price of oranges, since prices for the most part  
did not change in those days: 1 rouble 40 kopecks per kilo.


Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu

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