Runglish

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 13 18:06:30 UTC 2007


How about [fstr] in _vstrecha_? Or do _biznesmeny_ prefer _miting_, nowadays?

Sineet more za bul'varom
Kashtan nad gorodom tsvetet
Nash Konstantin beret gitaru
I tikhim golosom poet:

Ia vam ne skazhu za vsiu Odessu
Vsia Odessa ochen' velika
No i moldovanka i _peresyp_
Obozhaiut Kostiu moriaka

Chto znachit _peresyp_? It's not in Smirnitskii.

-Wilson

On 9/13/07, Darya Kostina <tamarra at ngs.ru> wrote:
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> Sure, Dennis, Ponglish or whatever you call it )
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> It must be about the place of articulation: Mstislav
> Kostruba (not quite Russian, by the way, though a Slavonic
> name): here we go from the lips to alveolae quite
> comfortably. And borsh is CC in pronunciation.
> But [ndk] makes you shift back and forth.
>
> Historically, we sure have our awkward words. But slang is
> not likely to construct something painstaking, save if the
> comical effect is worth it.
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> > In a message dated 9/13/07 9:17:53 AM, preston at MSU.EDU
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> >> Betcha can't get four. Even English speakers have /str/
> >>(although
> >> admittedly not /mst/).
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> >> dInIs
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> > Well, there is [borStS] 'beet soup'
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