Wednesday, September 2, 2015

wed., 2 sept., 2015: russian dialectics, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

RUSSIAN:  Адстой! — Adstoy!   /  Атстой!    Atstoy!  
RUSSIAN:  Адстой!  Хоть и интересная идея,  но адстой!    Adstoy!  khot’ i interesnaya,  no adstoy!  ‡‡

 ‡)  Bullshit!”  / “Such crap!” Etym., отстой — Otstoy, lit., “sediment” — i.e., “discarded, left overs
‡‡)  Bullshit!  A terrific idea,  mind you,  but complete bullshit!”

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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