Was Russian or English more important during the 'cold war' period?
during cold war, russian vs english
Both were pretty influential during that time. Of course, English would have been more influential worldwide but then again, Russian had a great amount of speakers among Soviet countries.
Hmm, that makes me wonder. Russian lost much of its influence over night and was suddenly only a regional language. Could the same happen to English today, if America collapsed, or is it too ingrained? Some would say Russian was 'too ingrained' in Eastern Europe.... I guess there would need to be a ready candidate to replace it also...
<<Russian lost much of its influence over night and was suddenly only a regional language. Could the same happen to English today, if America collapsed, or is it too ingrained?>>
It can happen to English, like to Russian 15 years ago and other languages (We can not say which one because you start other battle again).
It will be probably 5-7 World languages, very important in their regional area.
It can happen to English, like to Russian 15 years ago and other languages (We can not say which one because you start other battle again).
It will be probably 5-7 World languages, very important in their regional area.
The REAL question:
Is Russian or English more important during the current 'cold war' period?
Is Russian or English more important during the current 'cold war' period?
My grandad was in the British Navy during this time. He told me once that the Russians were heading towards America, and they gave the Russians 12 hours to turn around before they nuked them - and they were serious! Luckily, they turned around.
English was more important, I think - if you were on our side, anyway!
English was more important, I think - if you were on our side, anyway!
La langue russe n'a jamais été très influente sur l'Europe de l'Est.
Dans le langage est-allemand, les seuls concepts soviétiques qui aient réussi à percer ont été des mots non-slaves comme 'Kombinat'.
Le seul mot réellement russe qui s'est implanté en Allemagne de l'Est, à ma conaissance, a été 'Datsche' (de 'Datcha'), pour une petite résidence de week-end en bois.
Autrement, pour la technologie, le langage DDR a assimilé des mots et acronymes anglais, par ex. "CAD-CAM" ("Computer am Dienstag, Chaos am Mittwoch"...)
Dans le langage est-allemand, les seuls concepts soviétiques qui aient réussi à percer ont été des mots non-slaves comme 'Kombinat'.
Le seul mot réellement russe qui s'est implanté en Allemagne de l'Est, à ma conaissance, a été 'Datsche' (de 'Datcha'), pour une petite résidence de week-end en bois.
Autrement, pour la technologie, le langage DDR a assimilé des mots et acronymes anglais, par ex. "CAD-CAM" ("Computer am Dienstag, Chaos am Mittwoch"...)
<<English was more important, I think - if you were on our side, anyway! >>
I spent my Cold War years near Box Elder, SD, at Ellsworth AFB (44MIMS/44SMW/SAC/USAF) aiming Minuteman II ICBMs straight north. (yeah, I'm old)
I seem to recall that we always spoke English out at the missile sites -- never Russian.
I spent my Cold War years near Box Elder, SD, at Ellsworth AFB (44MIMS/44SMW/SAC/USAF) aiming Minuteman II ICBMs straight north. (yeah, I'm old)
I seem to recall that we always spoke English out at the missile sites -- never Russian.
They were of equal importance during the cold war. Refer to the many university doctorates written on the subject.
"Bulgy Bear Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:55 pm GMT
Caspian
You're probably referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis "
I only know the fact:
The reason that Soviet Union gave up their missle deployment on Cuba because USA and Soviet Union had a secret agreement that USA should withdraw the missle deployment on Turkey before Soviet Union giving up missle deployment on Cuba!
Caspian
You're probably referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis "
I only know the fact:
The reason that Soviet Union gave up their missle deployment on Cuba because USA and Soviet Union had a secret agreement that USA should withdraw the missle deployment on Turkey before Soviet Union giving up missle deployment on Cuba!
USA withdrew missle deployment on Turkey after Soviets giving up deploying missle on Cuba
http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/
http://www.hpol.org/jfk/cuban/