RE: [SEELANGS] RE: [SEELANGS] translation of «úÝYÝ«Õ

[Kirill Sereda]

The "Soviet" variety of Russian should be called simply "modern Russian
usage." Notwithstanding all my respect for the sophistication of the
émigré variety of Russian, the émigré usage is irrelevant.  It cannot
even hope to claim the status the Taiwanese version of the Chinese
language has with respect to the Mandarin Chinese spoken in the PRC.
Kirill Sereda

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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] RE: [SEELANGS] translation of «úݟݫÕ


le 14/03/03 2:52, Alina Israeli à aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU a écrit :

> Well, this is a case of a borrowing gone "wrong" or at least sideways.

> It often happens. "Vinegret" in Russian is a salad, not a sauce 
> "vinaigrette" and the list of such case is quite long and traitorous. 
> There is even a book on "faux amis" (I keep it under my pillow), 
> "oficioz" is just one of those diverging cases.

Maybe.
Languages evoluate, and often original meanings are forgotten. In this
case, it's possible we face two kind of spoken russian, the soviet one,
and the old emigration one (it's not the first time you and me discuss
such a difference!).

Georges.

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