>>I had to figure out that you are from St.Peter by your strive to apologize.
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>So, you think it is influenced by a place you were born? Interesting theory, I thought it more of a genetic memory...

It was relatively easy to recognize your city dwellers (at least long-term ones) by their speech and manners. Leningrad was a city of intelligentsia.
My college name abbreviation was MEI.