another phrase

Sat May 22 14:07:15 UTC 2010

Sorry, I meant solovushki.  I used to live near the metro station and the name has stuck in my head!

> Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 15:00:44 +0100
> From: anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] another phrase
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
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> 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?
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> > 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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