bulling and teasing in Russian

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Deborah Hoffman wrote:

> I'm curious - does anyone else remember learning truly obscene little
> chants? Not Miss Suzy had a steamboat, more transgressive/vulgar? In
> English or in Russian.

At a certain stage in adolescence, I think all boys learn obscene little 
ditties and limericks ("There once was a man from Nantucket..."), but 
these aren't the sort of things you chant in public, at least in my 
experience, because they'll get your mouth washed out with soap (or the 
modern equivalent).

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket>

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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