Russian Language Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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Top new questions this week: Как бы звучало по-русски название медведя *r̥ḱs-os/*r̥ḱt-os, доживи оно до наших дней? Как известно, слово "медведь" это слово-заменитель табуированного "истинного" имени зверя. Похоже что такие замены происходили неоднократно - старое "истинное" имя забывалось и табу переходило на ... этимология история-языка   asked by Artemix 12 votes answered by Yellow Sky 9 votes What punctuation do I use in "Всё, что ... это ..." constructs? In the following sentence, do I need a comma before "это"? Or a dash? Or just a space would be all right? Всё, что им нужно было сделать, это просто спеть эту песню. or Всё, что им нужно ... punctuation   asked by brilliant 4 votes answered by Kaworu 1 vote "...при постройке Стены погиблА/И нe одна тысяча китайцев"? "...при постройке Стены погибла нe одна тысяча китайцев" or "...при постройке Стены погибли нe одна тысяча китайцев" Should the verb be in plural or singular in such cases? грамматика   asked by brilliant 4 votes answered by Kaworu 5 votes How do I say that something being a fair game in Russian? How do I say that something being a fair game in Russian? UPDATE Fair game wasn't meant to be read literally like честная игра. What it means is something that is allowed to be hunted for by the ... phrase   asked by 1453 2 votes answered by Vitaly Mijiritsky 1 vote About the notation on a musical score (Баха Сюита номер 2) In the violonchelo score of Баха Сюита номер 2, there are two notes that I don't understand, and I hope there's someone who knows about this. One says: до С.С. and later there's another: ... перевод музыка   asked by Ana Galois 2 votes answered by Nikolay Ershov 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: what does ХУЙЛО mean There were people singning the word ХУЙЛО in the streets, but what does it mean? значения swearing мат   asked by user4016 7 votes answered by Olya. 8 votes Why does "ебало" mean a face and "ебаться" mean to fuck? I had been talking with my Russian friend which used such words like "ебало", "ебаться" and "ебнутый". As I understood, this words have completely difference meaning. It is very curious. значения usage swearing мат   asked by St.Antario 13 votes answered by Anixx 15 votes

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