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 Message 3990 
 Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin 
 Russian anectode about Germans 
 16 Nov 23 23:51:42 
 
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Russian anectode about Germans

I don't think `anecdote' means what you think it means.
Check "anecdotal evidence" and "historical anecdote".

AK> Two Russian immigrants

emigrants?

AK> who lived in Germany saw that at the nearby building
AK> site

/a/ nearby buildin site.

AK> there were a lot of bricks and no watchmen.

Well-said!

AK> They decided to stole bricks

to /steal/

AK> and make a sauna.

to build a sauna, perhaps?

AK> At night they took a car, went to the building site and
AK> loaded the car trunk with bricks. Suddendly there came
AK> German policemen and stricty asked the men, what the
AK> hell they were doing there. The Russians said that they
AK> had built a sauna and some bricks remained. It was a
AK> pity to throw it out, and they decided to carry it to
AK> this building site.

/had/ decided, I think.  Also, referring to /some bricks/
with /it/ seems wrong.

AK> The German policemen became very angry.  They said it
AK> was unlawful to utilise bricks in such an a way.  They
AK> said to the men, to take the bricks back and get lost.

....told the men to take...

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