another phrase

Sat May 22 14:00:44 UTC 2010

Sorry, it was a problem with transliteration.  You are right it is sovolushki.  It was a documentary which showed actual footage of Gagarin in class.  I think it was from the early 60's.  So, does nightingale have any connection with high flying or bravery or was the teacher being ironic?

> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 22:06:14 -0400
> From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] another phrase
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> 
> I hate to tell you, but it does not look like a bird. Little 
> nightingales would be "solovushki". I'd like to know when this film 
> was made and where the school was located. The only related word I 
> can think of is Savël and now Savëla (http://slovonovo.ru/term/ 
> Савёла) for Savelovoskij vokzal and the area. Савёл is in 
> Большой словарь русского жаргона with the 
> meaning of the train station.
> 
> > I came across another interesting translation re: birds. It was a 
> > documentary about Yuri Gargarin. The teacher addressed the class 
> > of would-be astronauts with the phrase, 'Prevet, sovyolochki'. It 
> > was transalated as 'Hi, eagles'. I'm not fully aware of the 
> > implicature of nightingales and would welcome any comment.
> 
> Alina Israeli
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> LFS, American University
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