A question to non-native speakers, what's the most ridiculously sounding word for you in russian language?
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A question to non-native speakers, what's the most ridiculously sounding word for you in russian language?
как?
I wouldn't say I found anything properly Russian ridiculous, but I do dislike some of the English they absorbed, and I can't understand how they didn't come up with words way before us, in some cases. What's the history of English being nabbed by Russian?
I can't think of any examples off-hand, but some really ordinary words seem to have been lacking in Russian; maybe they just got overpowered by the English ones?
сутки
соперничать
зажигалка
perhaps not ridicilous, but they sure as hell sound funny to a Polish speaker, due to the meaning of Polish words pronounced almost the same way. :)
Хор
"Как" also. I didn't really notice this until my friend and I were conversing in Russian, and one of our other friends asked "Why do you say 'Cock' so much?"
tdk
I also think the English words sound funny:
гамбургер
лольный
бутерброд
Then there are other ridiculous words like:
достопримечательности
I used to thing домами sounded funny, because at first I thought they were saying "da mami"
:lol: Stupid Russian.
what about идёт, that was the first word I noticed that was a little... funny.
Then there is смелый :lol:
супер-пупер!
бутерброд - GermanQuote:
Originally Posted by basurero
I'd probably go for "как" too (which means "sh*t" in flemish), and "идёт" is indeed another good option.
Have a soft spot for "неудобопроизносимый" - a word invented to make fun of Russian learners... :|
:lol:
нефт
смелый
деньги
Same thing with english "who" for russian learners. There is even a popular joke: "Теперь мы знаем, кто есть who" :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by tdk2fe
-Who's on first?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerty
-No, Who's on second...
sorry if I'm entering the privite zone for non-natives, but just couldn't help it:)))
never realized that simple words like "kak" and "смелый" could be so funny, if not for English...:P:..
btw, speaking of Rus/Eng, heard this expression once: "фасом об таибле"(facom ob table).....hehe
Фейсом об тейбл. (Мордой по столу)Quote:
Originally Posted by RussianHoney18
Face to the table
yeah, I know, and that's the fun part, pretty creative to mix the two languages so well :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
Tee hee, "смелый". I thought "глупый" was bad enough.
Wait, I know a ridiculous one. Imagine yourself versed only in the Latin alphabet and reading "шапка"!
как дикий смелый глупый
Anyone head the song "муси-пуси?" :roll: I get embarrased every time I hear it...
Лол, я знаю эту песню, что же значит по-русски "муси-пуси"? Надеюсь, что это не заимствовано из английского? :o :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie