Kozlevichi
Olga Meerson
meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU
Tue Apr 22 12:11:36 UTC 2008
There is a chapter subtitle there "Kozlevicha oxmutiaiut ksendzy". Again, quoting from memory; sorry for any discrepancies.
o.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tatyana Buzina <tbuzina at YANDEX.RU>
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:22 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Kozlevichi
> This is a reference to, and an almost direct quote from The Golden
> Calf by Ilf and Petrov where Kozlevich, the owner and driver of the
> Antilopa Gnu vehicle fell under the sway of two Catholic priests,
> Moroshek and Kushakovsky. Going to extricate Kozlevich from the
> priests, Ostap Bender comes to the Catholic church and hears music.
> Okhmuriaiut, he exclaims. Samy okhmurezh idet, pod sladkii lepet
> mandoliny.(I am quoting from memory).
> Needless to say, Ostap eventually wins Kozlevich back to his own
> cause.Regards,
> Tatyana
>
> 22.04.08, 12:18, "FRISON Philippe" <Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT>:
>
> > I found on a site
> (http://www.centrasia.ru/news.php?st=1208679300) devoted to
> information on Central Asia the word "Kozlevichi", which seems to
> be rather widely used in Russian (cite quote underneath).
> > Where does this word come from and what does it mean exactly ?
> > "?? ????? ????????? ?????? ??????? ?????????? ?????????????? ??
> 400 ?? 500 ???????. ??????? ?????????? ? ???????? ???????? ???????"
> (Na obshschikh sobraniyakh tserkvi mestnykh Kozlevichey
> prisutstvovalo ot 400 do 500 chelovek. Okhmurezh provodilsya v
> osnovnom opytnymi spetsami".
> > Thank you in advance for any clue.
> > Philippe Frison
> > (Strasbourg, France)
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