a possibly minority position

[John Langran]

I thought that ?????? was used for the room and ?????? for the receptacle. I 
don't think we want students to ask "??? ???????" ! ...

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] a possibly minority position


> Tualet in Russian was borrowed from French and it means 1. a garment, 
> usually a fancy ensemble; 2. taking care of one's appearance  (zanimat'sja 
> svoim tualetom); 3. a table with a mirror; 4. (finally  the euphemistic) 
> bathroom.
>
> The English toilet would be translated as unitaz.
>
> Ubornaja, BTW is also a euphemism, as can be deduced from the fact  that 
> the same word is used for designating a room where actors change  their 
> costumes and put make up. And ubor also means 'attire'. So it  is along 
> the same idea as 'powder room'.
>
> Can't read the last word.
>
> On Mar 30, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Dustin Hosseini wrote:
>> (Gde tualet? / A gde u vas tualet? if that didn't come
>> through)... but, at least in the US, people rarely say 'Where is the
>> toilet?' but rather 'Where is the restroom?'
>>
>> But a friend of mine raised a question: what about the word 
>> "у&#1073;орная"?
>>
>
>
> Alina Israeli
> LFS, American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
> Washington DC. 20016
> (202) 885-2387 fax (202) 885-1076
> aisrael at american.edu
>
>
>
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