Fwd: Re: [SEELANGS] Equivalent to "corny"? Any suggestions?

[Wilkinson, C.]

I'm wondering if тупой (tupoi) works - certainly forums such as
http://www.galya.ru/clubs/show.php?id=24207 and
http://otvet.mail.ru/question/8637471/ have plenty of examples (including
the classics "Ой как красиво ты челку подстригла как лошадиная но тебе так
идет!!" and "Ты такая тёпленькая, как поросёнок!").

Multitran also gives it as a possible translation of "sappy", although its
suitability inevitably depends on one's interpretation of the original.

Нелепый (nelepyi) might also be possible (
http://forum.justlady.ru/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8223&start=0)

C.Wilkinson
University of Birmingham


On 26 July 2010 17:58, Paul B. Gallagher <paulbg at pbg-translations.com>wrote:

> Melissa Smith wrote:
>
>   I think "corny" doesn't have as negative overtones as the options here
>> suggest.  It is closer to клише, провиннциальный - I think of someone with
>> cornsilk in their hair, a "hayseed."
>>
>> As Nellie Forbush sings in "South Pacific": "I'm as corny as Kansas in
>> August" - there must be a Russian pop-culture equivalent!
>>
>
> I've also seen/heard "corny" used in a sense very close to "sappy" --
> sickeningly sweet, implausibly romantic, overdramatic like theater makeup
> compared to everyday makeup. In that sense it does contrast with the jaded
> big-city ways of doing things.
>
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