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		cheald on Aug 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Justin.tv has shut down It's a joke; Russian doesn't have articles like English does. The omission of the article in the sentence that the OP pointed out makes it sound like it could have been spoken by a Russian character out of a Hollywood movie.

eric_h on Aug 5, 2014 | [–]

In my experience, all ESL Russians speak like Russian characters in Hollywood movies. I do find the dropped articles to be quite amusing.

dudus on Aug 5, 2014 | [–]

But now that you explained it's no longer funny.

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