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[mme_n_b]

So, I had a dream in which I was reading a really fascinating book about birds. Thick dark-cream paper, very realistic multi-colored illustrations on each page (the finch pecking seeds in the lower-left corner of the last page I got to was particularly good and either seemed or was alive). As usual in my dreams the book was very large, almost too

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[sartorias]

It deserves to exist in English!

[mme_n_b]

And then we could introduce it to Russian as an Anglicism :)

[sartorias]

LOL!

[zapiens]

I'll have what you are having!

[tak_the_ape]

>Because we don't need no stinkin' logics
Really.
Я как-то по случаю откопал цитату "Hope is against the holy ghost" с переводом "Надежда пребывает в духе святом". В словарях такое действительно есть (вот, например. А вот откуда эта цитата _туда_, в словари, попала - гадаю до сих пор. Сейчас обычное употребление - только Blasphemy Against The Holy Spirit/Ghost, в прямо противоположном значении.

[mme_n_b]

Действительно интересная цитата, и единственная ссылка на какого-то Макарова, чьи другие переводы оставляют желать лучшего. https://www.multitran.com/m.exe?a=110&l1=2&l2=1&s=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82+%D0%B2+%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B5+%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC&sc=517

[uo_xo_xo]

Mmm, I love the word! I'm already thinking of the ways of bringing it into the English language. Guess, the best way would be to do it via some popular author!

As for etymology, I remember being shocked to learn that "солёный" and "сладкий" ("солодкий") used to denote the same taste.

[mme_n_b]

Wait, what? Yup, I'm shocked as well. Though them coming from the same root makes sense, what with "sladkij" being mainly "yummy" in a bunch of contexts. Thank you!