Tag: misc

  • Soviet “Youth Phrasebook” (1965)

    Soviet “Youth Phrasebook” (1965)

    I recently picked up this Soviet “youth phrase book” from 1965 to help me learn some Spanish phrases for a trip to Barcelona. It contains over 1,000 phrases in 12 languages. Some are still useful. Others, perhaps less so. I didn’t manage to see any hot houses, pig-farms, or melonfields, nor did I get to…