Quote Originally Posted by wanja View Post
На соревнованиях по брейк-дансу победил немой, пытавшийся предупредить всех о пожаре.
Literally: "The break-dancing competition was won by a deaf-mute, trying to warn everyone about a fire."

No-no-no-no-no! "Break-dancing" is when you spin on your head будто волчком. As an American "child of the 1980s," I must say that the proper English term here is "Pop & Lock" dancing!

Вот ролик из 1984 х/ф комедии Revenge of the Nerds ("Месть ботаников"). Начиная с 1:05 в ролике, чувак в красной коже исполняет танец "Pop & Lock", который немного похож на жестовые языки глухонемых.



(Larry B. Scott, the straight African-American actor who plays the very, very, very, very, very gay character "Lamar Latrell" in the above clip, never became a really big star -- but this small role made him famous enough, and led to lots of other acting jobs.)