shlyukha, kurva, shalava

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Alina Makin wrote:

> I am not sure that 'shalava' actually implies dirty appearance or a
> lower socio-economic class. To me, this word would be used to
> describe young and tarty-looking girls with loud clothes and equally
> loud (flirtatious) behaviour. I would translate that as "a tart",
> not as "a skank".

The dirty, low-class sense, with a strong element of sluttiness, is 
definitely what "skank" means, but "tart" has largely fallen out of use 
in modern American English (not so in British, from what I hear), so I 
can't guarantee what people here will think it means. For me it has the 
euphemistic feel of an upper-class person trying not to say a 
lower-class word, whereas "skank" bars no holds.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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