learn_russian | I'm not sure if I'm even serious (Reply)

So last night I dropped by a Russian friend's house. Details here. Long story made short: she was arguing with her mother for a good ten minutes, and I learnd more in that ten minutes than I learn in three weeks of Russian class. It seems logical, then, that my school should hire two Russian speakers to come in and argue with eachother.

How about this method of learning by watching people argue? A year or two ago I learned my first real Russian vocabulary word, мозгосборник, by listening to the same two people argue over whether or not the younger was required to wear a helmet when snowboarding.

And two related questions: how old were you when you started speaking? Did your parents argue a lot in front of you?

Thoughts? I know it's a little off-topic. But I thought you all would find it entertaining.

Happy new year!