Tongue Twisters - Proverbs
Yelaina Khripkov
ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
Tue May 7 03:45:17 UTC 1996
N. Novak wrote:
>Now, what I'd be interested in is if anybody could put down any poslovitsy
>that they know. (I've sort of been informally collecting them for a while,
>but there are many that I've heard once but have forgotten, & they often come
>in handy). Thanks, N. Novak (gjcnen at aol.com)
How about the new book "The Comparative Russian-English Dictionary of
Russian Proverbs & Sayings" with 5543 entries by Peter Mertvago? Just
published by Hippocrene Books, Inc., 171 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016.
ISBN 0-7818-0283-0.
I found it fascinating and recommend it to everyone.
Yelaina Khripkov
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