recent borrowings

[Alexei Bogdanov]

The very last word in your message reminded me of
Boris Grebenschikov's

"Вместо Роллингов - хакеры,
Вместо Битлов -- юзера."

Роллинги = Rolling Stones
Битлы = Beatles
хакеры = hackers
юзера = users

I hope it helps :)
Alexei
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From: "Katherine M. Crosswhite" <crosswhi at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 6:41 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] recent borrowings


> Dear SEELANGovtsy,
>
> Can anyone give me some examples of *really* recent borrowings into
Russian
> that are commonly used with a stressed -a plural?  I already have the
> Vorontsova article in the Zemskaja "Russkij jazyk kontsa XX stoletija
> (1985-1995)" book, which gives some good examples, like snajpera,
> kontejnera, and konvejera.  Please let me know if any other examples come
> to mind.  The stressed -a plural is supposedly very productive, so I
> imagine there should be quite a few new ones out there.  And I'm
interested
> in how people actually talk "on the street" (so to speak), so examples are
> OK even if they are not embraced by the literary norm if they are commonly
> used.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Katherine.
>
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