how would you translate this word

[John Dunn]

In response to this I would respectfully suggest that хам [cham]* is itself perhaps an 'old-school' word.  At any rate it is the sort of word I associate with persons of a certain age and disposition bemoaning the declining standards of behaviour among the younger generation.  For this reason I would be somewhat cautious about using some of the stronger terms that have been suggested, and especially those with overt sexual connnotations.

John Dunn. 

* Dr Johnson was at one time known as the Great Cham of Literature, though here the word is, apparently, a corruption of 'khan'.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kingdom <k2kingdom at GMAIL.COM>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:54:55 +0200
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] how would you translate this word

If you want to use modern English and not go all old-school, I'd suggest:
Tool.



On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Katya Burvikova
<seacoastrussian at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> how would you translate word "хам" in English? Is there any equivalent noun
> (not adjective)?
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> Thank you!
>
> Ekaterina Burvikova
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