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    How is this pronounced? OR, is there a better word?

    I tried using the online translator for my nickname, which is a color. (Blue) I received this as my translation:

    Синий

    I have two questions.
    1. Is this the best way to translate the English word "blue"?
    2. How is it pronounced, correctly?

    If you can help me, please email to me in English. touchofblue@msn.com

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    синий is dark blue.
    голубой is light blue.

    I tried putting them into a google images search to show you the difference but when I looked up голубой I got some other rather unpleasant images instead.... Maybe it's not a good idea to call yourself голубой.

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    голубой in Russian has the added connotation of "gay".
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    Это тёмно-синий текст
    Это синий текст
    Это голубой текст.

    Голубой - сленговое слово, обозначающее гомосексуалиста. Настолько распространено, что и небо уже голубым без задней мысли назвать боишься

    Так же как в английском слово gay изначально значило "весёлый", а теперь - то же самое.

    touch of blue - даже затрудняюсь подобрать эквивалент - что-то вроде "слегка синий".
    Есть слово "синеватый", но это переводится как blueish
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    touch of blue - даже затрудняюсь подобрать эквивалент - что-то вроде "слегка синий".
    Есть слово "синеватый", но это переводится как blueish
    "Синька" - самое оно для ника =)

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    синий is dark blue.
    голубой is light blue.

    I tried putting them into a google images search to show you the difference but when I looked up голубой I got some other rather unpleasant images instead.... Maybe it's not a good idea to call yourself голубой.
    Голубой is a (Moderated. L.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by BappaBa
    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    touch of blue - даже затрудняюсь подобрать эквивалент - что-то вроде "слегка синий".
    Есть слово "синеватый", но это переводится как blueish
    "Синька" - самое оно для ника =)
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    Во: "С налётом синевы"
    (правда, могут подумать, что речь о трупных пятнах )
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    Мазок синевы
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    Синюшный
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    Синеватый
    (See-ne-vahtiy)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paxan
    Синюшный
    Yes.

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    баклажан

    С́́́иненький – small and blue
    С́́́иненький – Odessa-region name of aubergine

    See-nien'-keey

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    Re: баклажан

    Quote Originally Posted by Wowik
    Синенький (Odessa-region name of aubergine)
    I think this is pretty standard all over Ukraine (not sure about the West though), not just Odessa. Although I've never heard the word 'aubergine' before today, here in the Midwest it's normally called eggplant.

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    Re: баклажан

    Quote Originally Posted by Wowik
    С́́́иненький – small and blue
    С́́́иненький – Odessa-region name of aubergine

    See-nien'-keey
    I personally always say "баклажаны". I don't know why, but my mother who lives all her life in Nizhny Novgorod and has never bin to Ukraine say exactly this way about aubergines - "синенькие". And I heard this word from my mother only. This is a paradox... I have to ask her more exactly about it.
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    "Синенькие" - say people in Sochi. It's not Ukraine too
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Re: баклажан

    Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
    Quote Originally Posted by Wowik
    Синенький (Odessa-region name of aubergine)
    I think this is pretty standard all over Ukraine (not sure about the West though), not just Odessa. Although I've never heard the word 'aubergine' before today, here in the Midwest it's normally called eggplant.
    Ха! Раз десять был на Украине (причём в разных местах) и ни разу не слышал, чтобы так баклажаны называли! Хотя может о них просто разговор не заходил...
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