междометия

[yers.livejournal.com]

"When translating Au!, ignore the dictionary suggestion "You-hoo!" In fact, take out your thickest marker and cross it out."

A very good article about Russian interjections.
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/07/25/007.html

By the way, the г in ага is pronounced the Ukrainian way, as a voiced [h]. It is the only occurence of this sound in Russian. update: that has been challenged, see comments.

Tatu FAQ

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

All about Tatu

If you're reading this entry you probably already know that Tatu is a popular Russian pop duo who have caught on with both English and Russian versions of their songs. You've probably come to learn_russian hoping to answer some basic Russian-related questions about Tatu. Since this is not a Tatu community and Tatu has very little to do with the Russian language (not to mention there were five Tatu communities last time I checked...) I've offered to create this Tatu FAQ. I will not answer non-language related questions—Are they splitting up? Where can I find Tatu lyrics?—and would refer you to codetatu and true_to_tatu for such posts. ( Tatu Questions.. )