Russian Cellphone jargon

[Tatyana Buzina]

"Fotka" is indeed horrible, and the verb "sforkat'" is even worse. Makes me want to scream and pounce on whoever says that :). However, "sms-ka" is widely used by everybody, including university professors, and, most importantly, some rather snobbish people here, and ditto "psikhushka." This is overly optimistic to expect people to pronounce "psikhiatricheskaia bol'nista" each time they want to refer to such an institution. It's colloquial and slightly sloppy, if I may put it like that, but not expressly provincial. 
"Skin'te/sbros'te mne vash nomer sms-koi." 
While I am at it, there's also "sterka" for eraser. That one was very popular when I was at school, and is still running strong. And I've never heard stiralka in either sense. Interesting. I'll ask my students and colleagues about it. 

>Quoting Josh Wilson <jwilson at ALINGA.COM>:
>
>>
>> I have also had it explained to me at least once that "sms-ka" is a bit
>> "provincial" - that the proper phrasing is "otprivt' sms" and that "sms"
>> should never decline "because it is not Russian."  (This from a Russian grad
>> student studying linguistics - so could just be she is soapboxing the issue)
>
>I actually agree with your friend but didn't know how to explain it 
>without being accused of snobbism. :)) "Sms-ka" does sound provincial 
>just like "psikhushka" (psikhiatricheskaia bol'nitsa), "fotka", 
>"stiralka" (referring to a washing machine or an eraser. Really 
>horrible...), etc.
>
>Liz
>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>> [mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of Elizaveta Moussinova
>> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:00 PM
>> To: SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Cellphone jargon
>>
>> 4 syllables: es-em-es-ka (эс-эм-эс-ка)! :)
>> There is a verb, too: esemesit' / SMSit' (СМСить). "отэсемесить всем
>> друзьям".
>>
>> Google has 7 180 000 for CMC (written in Cyrillic).
>>
>> Liz
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>:
>>
>>> Elizaveta Moussinova wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... An sms message is an "sms-ka". "Otpravit' sms / sms-ku".
>>>
>>> Three syllables, not four, right? ╚???????╩, ? ?? ╚????????╩?
>>>
>>> But Google has 9,400 hits for the latter and only 32 for the former...
>>>
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