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

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Originally Posted by basurero

You mean like a rolled 'r'?

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Why do people call it "rolled"?

What about оттопырить. Sounds funny for me.

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by basurero

You mean like a rolled 'r'?

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Why do people call it "rolled"?

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What would you call it.

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Originally Posted by Volk

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by basurero

You mean like a rolled 'r'?

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Why do people call it "rolled"?

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What would you call it.

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Retroflex

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by Volk

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by basurero

You mean like a rolled 'r'?

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Why do people call it "rolled"?

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What would you call it.

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Retroflex

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Well it beats 'rolled' in my opinion, I've never liked the way it's said in that sense.

Since I can't actually 'roll' my R's well the expression put a weird idea into my mind of people actually rolling their tongues to do it, before I learned more about it anyway.

For my part, it is beyond of my imagination how it is possible to "roll" your tongue. It is something weird to understand.

I just remembered one thing. We, Russians, sometimes mix up "мне понтяно" with "непонятно" because of "мне" and "не" being said silently are almost the same. Have you got such a problem when hear Russian speech?

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

As for me, it is beyond my imagination how it is possible to "roll" your tongue. It is something difficult to understand.


I just remembered one thing. We Russians sometimes mix up "мне понтяно" with "непонятно" because of "мне" and "не" being said silently are almost the same. Do you have such a problem when you hear Russians speak?

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I haven't noticed that difficulty. They usually just say понятно without any мне...

Thank you. :)

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Originally Posted by BlackMage

как?

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For italians, it sounds similar to the word "cacca"
(какка) an euphemism used by children for ( censored :-D ).

I found funny also карандаж. Sure it comes from
www.carandache.ch

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Originally Posted by massimo

I found funny also карандаш

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I am only quoting from one discussion:

[quote=TATY][quote=flowforever]ahh i like Bratislava! Unfortunately, i can't understand any word in SLovak language..i know only this: "Ahoj! Ako sa m

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Originally Posted by massimo

I found funny also карандаж. Sure it comes from
www.carandache.ch

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It's карандаш, as somebody already said, but yeah, I'm sure that's where it's from. It's just like "hoover", "sellotape" and "blue-tac": they're actually product names, but they've come to be... just words, in English.

I don't know if the word comes from that company... it was founded in 1924. The pencil was invented 1564. I am sure the Russians used pencils before 1924.

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Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I don't know if the word comes from that company... it was founded in 1924. The pencil was invented 1564. I am sure the Russians used pencils before 1924.

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You right:
http://www.halfmoonbooks.net/carandache1.htm

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Originally Posted by Ушаков

КАРАНДАШ, а, м. [от тюрк. kara--чёрный и tas или das--камень].

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Originally Posted by Seventh-Monkey

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Originally Posted by massimo

I found funny also карандаж. Sure it comes from
www.carandache.ch

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It's карандаш, as somebody already said, but yeah, I'm sure that's where it's from. It's just like "hoover", "sellotape" and "blue-tac": they're actually product names, but they've come to be... just words, in English.

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it was a French painter that took this word as his pseudoname. (sp?)

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

I just remembered one thing. We, Russians, sometimes mix up "мне понтяно" with "непонятно" because of "мне" and "не" being said silently are almost the same. Have you got such a problem when hear Russian speech?

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i agree. only instead of "мне понтяно" i often hear people saying "ну, понтяно". and in this case sometimes it does sound like "непонятно"

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Originally Posted by massimo

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Originally Posted by BlackMage

как?

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For italians, it sounds similar to the word "cacca"
(какка) an euphemism used by children for ( censored :-D ).

I found funny also карандаж. Sure it comes from
www.carandache.ch

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and italians can immediately go back to watching soccer, where they can see a player "Kaka"... "milan" i think

:wink:

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Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I don't know if the word comes from that company... it was founded in 1924. The pencil was invented 1564. I am sure the Russians used pencils before 1924.

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well, its a trend. i remember saying "ксерокс" to describe a copy made on a copier. to this day people still say "ксерокопия"....

and xerox is only one of the companies producing copiers. nobody says "зирокс" though... :roll: