I figured out why I love River
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UPDATED: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 14:10
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I bet River would describe your feelings for her as irrational and foolish. Then she'd kick everyone's ass except for mine, cause' sometimes bitches just gotta be put down.
"Deep in the battlefield covered in blood
Lies an Airborne Ranger dying in the mud
He fought for his country and he died like a man
Though some people back home just wouldn't understand"
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Originally posted by ChrisMoorhead:
... Then she'd kick everyone's ass except for mine, cause' sometimes bitches just gotta be put down.
I'm trying to think of a way for you to be cruder. :( I just... It's not coming.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
Asarian, do you speak Russian? Are you fluent enough to know how that phrase ("That's for chickens to laugh at") would be used? Can you give an example?
We've had some discussions/speculation about this topic, but I don't think we ever got a definitive answer. If you can nail it down, you'd be a minor damn hero your own self.
No, I don't speak Russian. But my brother is married to a Russian woman. I will see them again in two weeks or so. I will ask. Should be an interesting day. :)
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Quote:Thanks, I'm looking forward to any info you can dig up.
Originally posted by asarian:Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
Asarian, do you speak Russian? Are you fluent enough to know how that phrase ("That's for chickens to laugh at") would be used? Can you give an example?
We've had some discussions/speculation about this topic, but I don't think we ever got a definitive answer. If you can nail it down, you'd be a minor damn hero your own self.
No, I don't speak Russian. But my brother is married to a Russian woman. I will see them again in two weeks or so. I will ask. Should be an interesting day. :)
I get the impression it's a sort of snappy comeback, maybe to a bad joke. Or possibly a put-down ("that's so pathetic even chickens would laugh at it").
Another possibility is that it's pure nonsense, like some of those odd English-language T-shirts sold in Japan. Or a quote from something well-known in Russia, like a fairy tale or a proverb. It'll be interesting to find out.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:Quote:Thanks, I'm looking forward to any info you can dig up.
Originally posted by asarian:Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
Asarian, do you speak Russian? Are you fluent enough to know how that phrase ("That's for chickens to laugh at") would be used? Can you give an example?
We've had some discussions/speculation about this topic, but I don't think we ever got a definitive answer. If you can nail it down, you'd be a minor damn hero your own self.
No, I don't speak Russian. But my brother is married to a Russian woman. I will see them again in two weeks or so. I will ask. Should be an interesting day. :)
I get the impression it's a sort of snappy comeback, maybe to a bad joke. Or possibly a put-down ("that's so pathetic even chickens would laugh at it").
Another possibility is that it's pure nonsense, like some of those odd English-language T-shirts sold in Japan. Or a quote from something well-known in Russia, like a fairy tale or a proverb. It'll be interesting to find out.
Well, the impression I got was, that, in meaning, it's very close to something like: "It's laughable!" In the sense of a thing or situation being too ridiculous, or too beneath you, to even consider.
Tip: for fun, copy & paste the words in my (upper) tag in google, and you'll see it pop up many, many times in Russian text. :) Apparently, the expression is alive and kicking (pun intended).
At any rate, I fired off an email to my brother today; so I expect a more or less conclusive answer in the next few days.
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Originally posted by asarian:
Well, the impression I got was, that, in meaning, it's very close to something like: "It's laughable!" In the sense of a thing or situation being too ridiculous, or too beneath you, to even consider.
Tip: for fun, copy & paste the words in my (upper) tag in google, and you'll see it pop up many, many times in Russian text. :) Apparently, the expression is alive and kicking (pun intended).
At any rate, I fired off an email to my brother today; so I expect a more or less conclusive answer in the next few days.
Hi,
Just got word from my brother and his Russian wife, about the whole chicken thing.
What we knew was pretty much correct. Although she says it's broader than that. Basically, it's a general expression of ridiculousness. And apart from the occassions I already mentioned, you can use it, for instance, in a discussion, to indicate that something is completely ridiculous. Something like "Too crazy for words!" Or when someone does something really stupid (to be used in a derogatory sense). But also, apparently, to indicate, in a discussion, that you totally disagree.
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