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    What does " среди которых" mean?

    What case is которых in?

    What is the difference between "среди которых" and "между прочим"


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    "Между прочим" primary is used as "By the way" in english in meaning "Hey, listen, I remembered something interesting...". Literally "I want to say something between another phrases". Specific case of word "прочим" is indicator of this meaning.
    On the other case "между прочих" means "between/among another... (some things)". For example "Между прочих коробок стоит коробка от телевизора" - "There is box from TV set among another boxes".
    "Среди которых" is "among which / of which". "Three types of computers have been developed: A1, A2 and A3, among which A3 is the most popular machine in the market." - "Было разработано три типа компьютеров: A1, A2 и A3, среди которых A3 - самый популярный на рынке".
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    What case is которых in?
    It's pronoun (относительное местоимение), that has the same declension schema as adjectives.
    Genitive plural here.
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    ыл всю жизнь простым рабочим".
    "Между прочим, все мы ------."

    (Finishing the rhyme is left as a Googling exercise for the reader. But a loose English translation would be
    "He worked and worked, but got no thanks / And P.S., everybody wanks.")
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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    ыл всю жизнь простым рабочим".
    to be more exact, belonged to the working class (working profession)

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    to be more exact, belonged to the working class (working profession)
    "Blue-collar worker" or "the blue-collar class" is also a good translation here, I think.
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