What's the most ridiculous word in Russian for a foreigner?

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April 16th, 2006, 10:48 PM
Бармалей

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by basurero

Больше смешных слов:
шляпа
пупок
губа
зуб
и, конечно, БОБ! :lol:

What's funny about them? :) Do they remind you something?

шляпа -- just sounds funny
пупок -- sounds like "poop"
губа -- sounds like "goober" -- a moron/yokel/booger
зуб -- funny sounding
April 17th, 2006, 01:39 AM
Dimitri

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Originally Posted by Оля

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

Кто-нибудь не знает ли, есть место на интернете, где возможно слышать эту песню?

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Originally Posted by Dimitri

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

Кто-нибудь знает, есть место в интернете, где возможно послушать эту песню?

Или "не знает ли кто-нибудь"

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Originally Posted by basurero

и, конечно, БОБ! :lol:

А что такое БОБ?... :o

Я уже исправил его вообще-то
April 17th, 2006, 01:42 AM
Dimitri

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Originally Posted by Оля

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Originally Posted by basurero

боб? Например, кофейный боб... :)

Ага.. Понятно.
Но я это слово в единственном числе ни разу не слышала. Только "бобы". (фасоль, бобы)
А про кофе мы говорим "кофейные зёрна".

А когда перед тобой много бобов лежат и тебе надо взять один? Как ты его назовешь? Боб конечно. В словаре это слово также есть.
April 17th, 2006, 05:55 AM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Dimitri

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Originally Posted by Оля

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

Кто-нибудь не знает ли, есть место на интернете, где возможно слышать эту песню?

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Originally Posted by Dimitri

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

Кто-нибудь знает, есть место в интернете, где возможно послушать эту песню?

Или "не знает ли кто-нибудь"

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Originally Posted by basurero

и, конечно, БОБ! :lol:

А что такое БОБ?... :o

Я уже исправил его вообще-то

Я просто дала еще один вариант, то есть если поменять порядок слов в "кто-нибудь не знает ли", то получится "не знает ли кто-нибудь" - вполне приемлемый и часто употребляемый вариант.
April 17th, 2006, 05:59 AM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Dimitri

А когда перед тобой много бобов лежат и тебе надо взять один? Как ты его назовешь? Боб конечно. В словаре это слово также есть.

Согласись, редкая ситуация, когда тебе надо взять со стола ОДИН БОБ, да еще при этом и НАЗВАТЬ ЕГО ВСЛУХ зачем-то. :lol:
И даже тогда я скорее всего скажу - "одну штуку" или "одно зернышко" (если речь идет о кофе).

А в том, что это слово есть в словаре, я не сомневаюсь :)
April 19th, 2006, 12:58 AM
kwatts59

I think "кукуруза" sounds funny.
Sounds like a "koo-koo" in English.
If I had a programmable koo-koo clock, I would program it to say "кукуруза" on the hour. :D
April 19th, 2006, 01:50 AM
erika

Куда sounds pretty nasty in portuguese.
There are many others that sound funny though... погода, чуть-чуть...
April 19th, 2006, 02:00 AM
Gerty

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Originally Posted by erika

Куда sounds pretty nasty in portuguese.
There are many others that sound funny though... погода, чуть-чуть...

What's wrong with "погода"? :o :D
April 19th, 2006, 02:23 AM
BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Gerty

What's wrong with "погода"? :o :D

Вот ещё "погода"...

http://www.albeforum.net/Longhua%20P...-04-04%207.jpg
April 19th, 2006, 02:28 AM
Gerty

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Originally Posted by BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Gerty

What's wrong with "погода"? :o :D

Вот ещё "погода"...

http://www.albeforum.net/Longhua%20P...-04-04%207.jpg

На-а! Это пАгода, а то погОда 8)
April 19th, 2006, 02:34 AM
BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Gerty

На-а! Это пАгода, а то погОда 8)

А на английском, слово pagoda произносится точно как погОда.
April 19th, 2006, 02:59 AM
Chuvak

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Originally Posted by BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Gerty

На-а! Это пАгода, а то погОда 8)

А на английском, слово pagoda произносится точно как погОда.

На английском pagoda это weather и произносится "везэ"
April 19th, 2006, 03:55 AM
BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Chuvak

На английском pagoda это weather и произносится "везэ"

На американском - weather произносится "Уэ+th+ер"
April 19th, 2006, 07:04 PM
Seventh-Monkey

"Шляпа" sounds like a Yiddish slut.

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

зуб -- funny sounding

Agreed.
April 23rd, 2006, 10:26 AM
Rtyom

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Originally Posted by Seventh-Monkey

"Шляпа" sounds like a Yiddish slut.

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Originally Posted by Barmaley

зуб -- funny sounding

Agreed.

Zoobang?
April 25th, 2006, 08:00 PM
kwatts59

бутерброд
щит
здравствуйте
April 25th, 2006, 08:45 PM
TATY

защищающийся
April 25th, 2006, 09:10 PM
Volk

Someone should record all these words, especially that last one...

I'm going with смелый.
April 25th, 2006, 10:41 PM
TATY

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Originally Posted by BlackMage

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Originally Posted by Chuvak

На английском pagoda это weather и произносится "везэ"

На американском - weather произносится "Уэ+th+ер"

Not really. The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced, and even if it is, it is nothing like a Russian r.

But yes Chuvak's везэ is crap.
April 25th, 2006, 10:45 PM
Layne

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Originally Posted by "TATY

The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced.

You must be british (or something)! If you're talking about american english that would be the most rediculous statment I've ever heard.
April 25th, 2006, 10:58 PM
basurero

Words with lots of Zs and Bs like zub sound funny because they sound like something a baby would say сюсюканье lol
April 26th, 2006, 12:49 AM
gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by Layne

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Originally Posted by TATY

The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced.

You must be british (or something)! If you're talking about american english that would be the most rediculous statment I've ever heard.

Do you mean that R IS pronounced in "weather"? Wow! :o
BTW, the most funny russian word I know is "выхухоль". :)
April 26th, 2006, 05:49 AM
Оля

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

BTW, the most funny russian word I know is "выхухоль". :)

Это слово и для многих русских звучит смешно :D
April 26th, 2006, 10:40 AM
Chuvak

Всех выхухоленй не отхохолить не перезахохолить и не перевыхухолить!!
April 26th, 2006, 10:53 AM
flowforever

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Originally Posted by basurero

Words with lots of Zs and Bs like zub sound funny because they sound like something a baby would say сюсюканье lol

:lol:
April 26th, 2006, 07:13 PM
Friendy

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by Layne

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Originally Posted by TATY

The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced.

You must be british (or something)! If you're talking about american english that would be the most rediculous statment I've ever heard.

Do you mean that R IS pronounced in "weather"? Wow! :o

I always found it surprising that in most dictionaries they say that "r" in the words like "weather" is pronounced in American English however I NEVER hear it pronounced (except for by people speaking with strong foreign accents). But even if the problem is in my ears, it's certanly not pronounced like "r" in "road" for example.
April 26th, 2006, 07:52 PM
Layne

So what does 'wheather' sound like to everone? I can picture a british person saying something like 'whea-thah' but I promise you the R is very prominantly spoken, at least in my region. I find that I say the R's in wheather and road very much the same way.
April 26th, 2006, 07:58 PM
Friendy

Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.
April 26th, 2006, 08:06 PM
Layne

Yes I do, although the R sound is a little shorter in the recording than I'm used to hearing.
April 26th, 2006, 08:10 PM
Friendy

Interesting.
April 26th, 2006, 08:29 PM
kwatts59

I always pronounce the "r" in weather.

Anyway, here is another word that I find strange - парикмахерская
April 26th, 2006, 08:33 PM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Friendy

Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.

I do.
April 26th, 2006, 10:08 PM
Volk

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Originally Posted by Layne

So what does 'wheather' sound like to everone? I can picture a british person saying something like 'whea-thah' but I promise you the R is very prominantly spoken, at least in my region. I find that I say the R's in wheather and road very much the same way.

That looks more Austrailian to me. I would pronounce it 'Weh-the'.
April 26th, 2006, 10:11 PM
Lampada

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Originally Posted by Friendy

Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.

I don't either, but I can often hear "r" instead of "t" in "water" or "daughter". When I asked my son why he says "r", not "t", his answer was "I did not say "r".
April 26th, 2006, 10:28 PM
Layne

Thats interesting. To me T and R don't sound at all alike in those words. I can see how it might sound like 'warter' but you couldn't replace the T alltogether and still be understood at all. I find that 'warer' is pretty difficult to say and doesn't sound like water at all.
April 26th, 2006, 11:15 PM
basurero

You mean like a rolled 'r'?
April 27th, 2006, 01:05 AM
Layne

No, there are no rolled R's in english.
April 27th, 2006, 01:49 AM
basurero

No, Scottish people roll their Rs.
April 27th, 2006, 02:11 AM
kalinka_vinnie

I can't imagine how "road" can sound like "oad"!!!

BTW, back to topic. Another word I just remembered

жужжание
May 2nd, 2006, 05:09 PM
Rtyom

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Originally Posted by Lampada

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Originally Posted by Friendy

Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.

I don't either, but I can often hear "r" instead of "t" in "water" or "daughter". When I asked my son why he says "r", not "t", his answer was "I did not say "r".

Hm. I notice myself sometimes saying "wedding" with r-like sound in the middle. :o

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