Russian Cellphone jargon
Elizaveta Moussinova
emoussin at INDIANA.EDU
Tue Jan 16 13:36:13 UTC 2007
Quoting Andreas Giebelhaus <g_cad-zeichenservice at GMX.DE>:
>> 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.
>
> Hi All,
>
> AFAIK eraser is "stjorka", not "stiralka"
>
>> "Sms-ka" does sound provincial just like "psikhushka"
>> (psikhiatricheskaia bol'nitsa),
>
> o takoj assoziazii pervyj raz slyshu ....
>
"psikhushka" started being used much earlier than fotka or smska, but
it's the same. It has almost entered a standard language. Unfortunately.
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