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That dictionary is really good! Thanks!

Question: Where do interesting Russian speakers on the internet hang out? Is there a Russian HN?

> With both Russian and German I had a problem memorizing the vocabulary. German genders don't make sense - why is a table a strong, proud man, whereas a mangy, flea-infested feral tomcat a proper lady?

Gosh this resonates. I remember learning "das Mädchen" and feeling my brain throw up its little brain-hands in resignation and defeat. I assume you've read Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language"? Link: http://crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language The "Tale of the Fishwife and its Sad Fate" is so funny.

Did you ever get a strategy for the German nouns besides the rules-of-thumb and raw grueling familiarization/memorization?

Wow, that's impressive! I'll have to check Pimsleur out. What do you do for language maintenance? Did you ever get the languages mixed up?