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Lost In Translation

Thursday, July 5, 2012

By: isabelledarby

 Some things are just lost in translation.For example, my babushka will likely never understand my love of Nelly, to whom she hears me shaking my tailfeather through my bedroom wall a little too often.   She will probably never comprehend my b’dazzled style or my general refusal to wear pants after May 1—she thinks that my not wearing tights with skirts makes me a...
host family, language, Russia, Russian, veganism

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