mezhdometno-glagolnye formy

[Paul B. Gallagher]

John Dunn wrote:

> It is an interesting idea, and the English and the Russian
> constructions do have something in common, especially in terms of
> sentence structure.  Nevertheless, my interpretation of the English
> would be that it is merely an interjection without the verbal
> element.  The phrase is, I think, essentially onomatopoeic in origin,
> but used figuratively: the idea of the noise made by rapid physical
> activity (of one sort or another) is here transferred to the mental
> sphere.
> ...

Agreed. It's the sound of a "slam-dunk."

Although in my generation, "wham-bam" has another, inappropriate 
association...

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