Two Terms

[Slivkin, Yevgeny]

Hi David (and the List)!

I think the best equivalent for "pissing match" is a street expression from
the time of my youth - "meriat'sia kh -- mi" 


Yevgeny Slivkin

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of David Powelstock
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Except that a pissing match traditionally takes place between men. (The
usual measure of victory is horizontal range, I might add; whereas in a cat
fight the measure is eyes scratched out: ESO, for those who like to read box
scores.) Please understand I speak here in terms of traditional usage:
descriptively rather than normatively. I have nothing against either men who
scratch each other's eyes out or women who urinate for distance.
dp

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[mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of Inna Caron
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:46 PM
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Pretty much what was going on around here with Onegin's sexuality issue in
the last couple of weeks.

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Maryna Vinarska
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:35 PM
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"Bab'ja draka" (meaning between each other) (colloq.) As to the second one,
I don't know what it means in English.
MV

DBH <khrysostom at YAHOO.COM> wrote: Dear Colleagues,
  Can anyone propose functional equivalents in Russian for the terms "cat
fight" and/or "pissing match?" 
Variants for various stylistic registers would be interesting.
  Regards
   JW Narins


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