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  1. May 22nd, 2006, 03:33 AM #1
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    куча-мала

    Hmm... how would one translate this?

    мы все трое образуем на полу кучу-малу
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
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  2. May 22nd, 2006, 04:45 AM #2
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    Hmm! Interesting?

    It’s quite difficult to describe what куча-мала is. It’s a sort of game (bad game) played by the children on the post soviet area. For instance, some children are playing a game (any game) and one of them falls; somebody else screams куча-мала and others start to fall on that poor child making some kind of heap from bodies.
    I’m not sure about present, but when I was a child куча-мала was quite common.

    My attempt:

    three of us will make a heap on the floor

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  3. May 22nd, 2006, 05:12 AM #3
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    Ahh.. well that makes more sense! Thanks!
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  4. May 22nd, 2006, 05:59 AM #4
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    I've recently found a game for mobile phones which calls куча-мала in Russian. The english version of the game calls - pile-up
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  5. May 22nd, 2006, 04:15 PM #5
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    I've recently found a game for mobile phones which calls куча-мала in Russian. The english version of the game calls - pile-up
    Hehe. But keep in mind that video game titles can be very liberally applied. They don't really mean much. Really, its sounds something roughly equivalent to "smear the queer" minus the ball, eh?
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  6. May 22nd, 2006, 05:56 PM #6
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    I don't know about you guys, but to me, from what leo-mic said, кучу-малу seems like a dog-pile.

    Like when someone is on the floor...someone yells, "dog-pile on (name of person)!" and everyone runs and piles on top of that person.
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  7. May 22nd, 2006, 08:20 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by zomby_pengy
    I don't know about you guys, but to me, from what leo-mic said, кучу-малу seems like a dog-pile.

    Like when someone is on the floor...someone yells, "dog-pile on (name of person)!" and everyone runs and piles on top of that person.
    Yay!

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  8. May 22nd, 2006, 08:35 PM #8
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    A quote from Ожегов:

    Куча мала! - возглас в детской игре, по которому начинается общая свалка.
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  9. May 23rd, 2006, 03:58 AM #9
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    adoc thank you!

    It's exactly what I wanted to explain, but I still have no idea how to call it in English.
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  10. May 23rd, 2006, 04:32 AM #10
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    It's a pile-on/dog-pile
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  11. May 23rd, 2006, 10:47 AM #11
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    Re: куча-мала

    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    Hmm... how would one translate this?

    мы все трое образуем на полу кучу-малу
    Странноватое предложение....
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  12. May 24th, 2006, 05:20 AM #12
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    спасибо всем!!! Теперь ясно как чистая, негазированная вода!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
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  13. May 24th, 2006, 08:06 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    спасибо всем!!! Теперь ясно как чистая, негазированная вода!
    Лучше сказать ясно как день.
    Ясно как негазированная(!) вода не говорят.
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  14. May 24th, 2006, 11:46 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Лучше сказать ясно как день.
    Или, "ясно, как пень"
    Семь бед, один Reset
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  15. May 26th, 2006, 01:48 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    спасибо всем!!! Теперь ясно как чистая, негазированная вода!
    Лучше сказать ясно как день.
    Ясно как негазированная(!) вода не говорят.
    точно не говорят? Ладно, я же пошутил!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
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    Re: куча-мала

    Quote Originally Posted by Chuvak
    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    Hmm... how would one translate this?
    мы все трое образуем на полу кучу-малу
    Странноватое предложение....
    Well, depending on who the two others are, it could be... interesting...
    Ой, голова у меня кружится |-P ...... and my brain hurts too....
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  17. May 27th, 2006, 10:59 AM #17
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    Re: куча-мала

    Quote Originally Posted by BabaYaga
    Quote Originally Posted by Chuvak
    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    Hmm... how would one translate this?
    мы все трое образуем на полу кучу-малу
    Странноватое предложение....
    Well, depending on who the two others are, it could be... interesting...
    Indeed!
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  18. May 27th, 2006, 01:05 PM #18
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    the english version is pig pile not dog pile.
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!
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  19. May 27th, 2006, 07:38 PM #19
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    i've never once heard it as pig-pile....always dog-pile
    Иисус жил того, чтобы любить вас, а умер, чтобы спасти вас.

    wo yao nan peng you.
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