Thread: Весёлые картинки и другое смешное или не очень

Originally Posted by Lampada

Ha! It took me some Googling to completely understand this, because I had never heard of this fruit (called feijoa in Spanish) and I can't remember ever seeing it for sale in US markets.

According to wikipedia, the fruit's name is normally transliterated as фейхоа in Russian, and it's related to the guava, with a similar flavor. But unlike the kiwi and the pineapple, it doesn't ship very well over long distances, which is possibly why it remains rare in the US.

And, according to the badly spelled sign in the photo, "фейхуйя" is beneficial for high blood pressure, heart problems, thyroid conditions, and craziness!

One question -- I assume the sign was written by a non-Russian (rather than an uneducated Russian), but is it possible to guess what the writer's language is? I mean, do spellings like сумашечих provide any clues?

P.S. Also, by the way, what is the language in Lampada's post before this one (#885), with дънки - скъсани, etc.? I think maybe it's Bulgarian?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

One question -- I assume the sign was written by a non-Russian (rather than an uneducated Russian), but is it possible to guess what the writer's language is? I mean, do spellings like сумашечих provide any clues?

Yes, the writer is non-Russian. Though he appears to be not so bad in spoken Russian, but hardly had a regular learning of written Russian. "сумашечих" can be written even by uneducated native speaker so no clues. But traditional fruit-market-trader in Russia is Azerbaijani.

BTW literally it is written that feijoa is useful against crazy people.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

P.S. Also, by the way, what is the language in Lampada's post before this one (#885), with дънки - скъсани, etc.? I think maybe it's Bulgarian?

Yes, it is Bulgarian. In Bulgarian ъ is a kind of vowel.