Dirty Russian: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off' (Dirty Everyday Slang) Paperback – 10 Sept. 2009

Arrived in good time, as described. Nice little book will keep my boyfriend a little occupied as he learn some interesting Russian. It's nice that it shows the phrase with Russian characters as well as broken down to pronounce it.

if you already understand a bit of russian, this is a great book to dip into. Be careful about using it in everyday speech, though!

Excellent book giving some street language to your studies. Prior knowledge of Russian is really a requirement to make use of it.

This book is a great laugh if you know no Russian and have Russian friends. It enables you to cover the naughty topics, which you'd never learn and also things you'd never need.From a practical point of view, I don't see any reason why anyone would be this, as it teaches you absolutely nothing useful or practical for the real world and daily life. How often are you to order a prostitute, really?It is good fun though, like I said in front of friends who do speak Russian and want a laugh, it's great so therefore it has come off the book shelf a few times over the last 5 years but other than that it would be of no use.

great fun

This book both really pleases me and disappoints me at the same time. First off, be aware this is NOT a book for learners. Never use slang in a language you don't know well. You just sound silly. It is for advanced students of Russian. They don't say that because they need to sell the book. Having said that if you are studying Russian at a higher level this book is fantastic for giving you access to vocabulary you'll hear in conversation in Russia and even in films. It's really good in that respect. Almost invaluable.My HUGE reservation is this. I am English. The author translates all the Russian slang into American street slang much of it totally incomprehensible to anyone who isn't American. I understand it's tricky. To avoid that she would have had to translate the slang Russian into a less slangy English which might give the wrong impression of the Russian. I just think she could have made a bigger effort to remember not everyone buying her book is American. She has instead gone for a very, slangy American. Non native English speakers will really struggle. As I said, I AM a native English speaker and I was lost. I have just randomly opened the book now on page 40 and found hick, goofs off and jacked my wallet none of which are ever used in the UK. I can guess from the Russian (I have a degree in Russian) what she means but this book should have an alternative translation for non-Americans.

Really useful and entertaining. Arrived in time :)

Good Read