kofe

[Lotoshko Yu.R.]

About gender of " kofe" see "Grammaticheskij slovar'" Zaliznjaka
http://speakrus.narod.ru/dict/

Esli imet' v vidu reklamu, to zdes' ispolzujetsja "personofikacija"
Slovu, u kotorogo uzhe okolo 30 let nabljudajetsa kolebanije v rode,
prednamerenno pripisyvajuts'a kachestva muzhchtiny.
caj - on
kofe -on
ono - " a ono zelenoje vonujceje prygalo po komnate chodilo chodunom,
           a potom poslychalas' pesnja zaunyvnaja, i videnje okazalos'
prosto muzhykom"(Vl.Vysockij)

L.Yu. Home page http://www.compling.boom.ru

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.W." <vanya1v at YAHOO.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] kofe


> Perhaps some of you have already heard this account, told me quite a few
> years ago (I may not have remembered all the details correctly, but the
> main point is valid.
>
> Researchers stood near a kiosk that sold coffee & pastries on a Moscow
> street, to listen as to how many Russians had the gender of the word
> "kofe" correct.  Without exception, everyone who used it in the context
> of an adjective said "odno kofe".  Then came one young chap who asked
> for "odin kofe".  Finally, thought the researchers, someone who knows
> his grammar!  However, his whole order turned out to be: "odin kofe,
> odin bulochka".
>
> So much for grammatical correctness!
>
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