синий

[Steve Marder]

… sidit fazan, but there are other mnemonics here:
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0
i.e., Wiki's "raduga" entry.
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>It has something to do with the way they divide the colors of the
>rainbow. I once has an argument about bridesmaids' dresses in an
>outdoor wedding with a Russian friend about identification in English
>as "purple," which she identified as "sinij"  For her, "Purple" was
>closer to "Crimson," or robes of royals.
>
>I don't know how we remember the colors of the rainbow, but I believe
>we identify the end of the spectrum as "violet."
>
>I believe Russians know a phrase: Kazhdyi Oxotnik ZHelaet Znat- Gde ...
>I forget the rest.
> 
>Melissa Smith
> 
>On 3/11/12 12:10 PM, Elena Gapova wrote:
>> Синий or голубой?
>> 
>> e.g.
>> 
>> 2012/3/11 Clint Buhler <buhler.5 at osu.edu>
>> 
>> > Dear Seelangers,
>> >
>> > I have been listening to a couple interviews in which Russians
>explain that
>> > *синий* is an untranslatable term, whose connotations go beyond
>simply the
>> > color blue.  Has anyone else encountered this who could point me in
>the
>> > right direction toward getting a better understanding of the term
>> > culturally?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Clint Buhler
>> >
>> > 
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