Na vkus i tsvet

[John Dunn]

Both Dal' (Poslovicy russkogo naroda) and Mixel'son (Xodjachie i metkie slova) offer yet another version:

На вкус (и) на цвет мастера нет.

Which slightly changes the sense, I believe.

John Dunn.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anna Frajlich-Zajac <af38 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:57:08 -0400
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Na vkus i tsvet

This saying is a variation of Latin: de gustibus non est disputandum.
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Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Ph.D.

John Dunn
Honorary Research Fellow, SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow, Scotland

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