khmyr'

[Deborah Hoffman]

Might I suggest "killjoy" or "wet blanket"?  The
native speakers will have to confirm whether a khmyr'
is more of a grump or a loser.


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Date:    Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:42:22 -0500
From:    Steven Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
Subject: translating colloquial word

Dear colleagues:

Does anyone out there know a good English equivalent
for KHMYR'?***  Is
it possible
that "Sad Sack" would work?  Or "Poor Sap"?

Although a number of dictionaries I looked at seem not
to include the
word at all, I have
a general impression it means a hapless fellow, a
loser, someone who
messes up
anything he gets into.  In other words, an individual
who can be
counted on to snatch
defeat from the jaws of victory.  If that's so, then
perhaps it's
similar to "Sad Sack" or
"Poor Sap" in English?
_ _ _  _

 *** In my Russian film studies I've run across this
curious word, used
like a name, on
two  occasions :  (1) SCHASTIE ('35 Medvedkin), where
Khmyr' is played
by Petr Zinov'ev);
(2) DZHENTELMENY UDACHI ('71 Seryi), Khmyr' played by
the late Georgii
Vitsin).

Gratefully,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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Deborah Hoffman
Finance Chair, Graduate Student Senate
Graduate Student - Modern and Classical Language Studies
Kent State University

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~dhoffma3/index.htm

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