FW: [SEELANGS] Na fkus i svet

[Marsha Shisman]

I was born in Russia and lived there for 35 years.  It is definitely plural, never used as single.

 

на вкус и цвет товарищей нет.

 

 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] FW: [SEELANGS] Na fkus i svet

 

Of course I meant на вкус и цвет....

 

...sorry, was typing fast. But it seems people here a divided, with slight

leaning

towards the plural.

 

Anyone else want to weigh in?

 

M

 

 

 

 

2010/4/7 Bunaev, Sergei <sbunaev at wesleyan.edu>

 

> Hi Mark,

> 

> Only in the plural

> 

> Best,

> Sergei

> ________________________________________

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> SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom [k2kingdom at GMAIL.COM]

> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 9:41 AM

> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu

> Subject: [SEELANGS] Na fkus i svet

> 

> Hi all,

> 

> I learned the idiom as:

> 

> На вкус и свет товарища нет.

> 

> But on the web, sites like Omniglot list it as: На вкус и свет товарищей

> нет.

> 

> Are both acceptable?

> 

> Thank you,

> 

> Mark

> 

 

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