Ох уж этот английский!

[Bear]

Спасибо, посмеялся от души .

[ReaDer]

Порадовало

[she_wolf]

форум не передает звучания, а когда читаешь почему т не смешно никапельки,т.к. перевод знаешь правельный

Чтобы было смешно, надо всего лишь знать правила чтения

she_wolf добавил 29.08.2006 в 09:52

если не секрет откуда текст?

Автор, некто Greg McNafferson, пишет забавные репортажи о России под общим названием Discover Russia you never knew.

[Esta]

Автор, некто Greg McNafferson, пишет забавные репортажи о России под общим названием Discover Russia you never knew.

Почитал другие репортажи, действительно интересно
Вот еще один, я бы назвал его "Ох уж этот русский"

Linguistic Football & Jugglery
I never really questioned the origin of the Russian word for “T-shirt”— “footballka,” coming from the word “football,” obviously.


My command of Russian keeps improving, as I not only learn words, but make logical connections and figure out language relationships. I started thinking about the origins of “footballka” and I figured it out — apparently Russians were first exposed to t-shirts when they watched international football (soccer) matches.


And then wham! it struck me — I got a hunch and started looking for patterns. Sure enough, there is a similar word, “baseballka”, but you’ll never guess what it means! Unlike “footballka”, it’s not a shirt at all — it’s a hat! And “golfiki”, from “golf” are stockings! Likewise, a “basketballka” is a sports shoe, a “volleyballka” is shorts, and “hockeyka” is a hockey jersey!

Apparently, lots of Russian clothes are named after sports that were at some point new and unfamiliar to Russians. My hypothesis is proved by two facts: first of all, ancient Russian footwear, woven of tree bark, was called “lapti”. Well guess what an authentic Russian sport was called — “lapta”! Both are now associated with olden days only. Also, strangely enough, one clothing item that we also call after sports — the “polo shirt” — Russians have named after another sport, calling it “tenniska”.

What kind of clothing do you think the “olympiyka” and the “pingpongka” are?

[she_wolf]

To Esta: интересные наблюдения.

После прочтения этого текста, пришла на ум статья про английский (Why English is so difficult to learn). У нас, например, он хоть закономерности отследил, что название одежды пришло от иностранных спортивных игр, а у них-то вот уж точно полный парадокс!!! Если кому интересно, выложу текст... Вот отрывочек:

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

[ReaDer]

2 she_wolf Выложи текст, пожалуйста

[she_wolf]

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

Some other reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time
to present the present.
8) At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.


Screwy pronunciations can mess up your mind! For
example...If you have a rough cough, climbing can be
tough when going through the bough on a tree!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There
is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren't invented in England.

We take English for granted.

But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that
quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but
not one amend?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid
of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a
humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking
English should be committed to an asylum for the
verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and
play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a
slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wiseguy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

If Dad is Pop, how's come Mom isn't Mop?

[she_wolf]

Прекрасно жить в свободных Штатах
При обеспеченных харчах,
При службе, при больших зарплатах,
Автомобилях и домах!
Здесь лишь одно немного грустно:
Язык не тот. Не как в Москве.
Не говорят они по-русски,
Хоть кол теши на голове!
Но к трудностям такого сорта
Любой из нас уже привык.
Мы спикаем по-русски гордо,
Мы кипаем родной язык.
Мы соль не спилаем на раны,
Подругу киссаем взасос,
На службе ранаем программы,
Когда реквестает наш босс.
Мы дринкаем сухие вина,
Энджоем собственный уют,
Мы лихо драйваем машины,
Берем хайвей (когда дают).
Когда окюрится возможность,
Возьмем э фью денечков офф,
Махнем в апстейт по бездорожью,
В лесу напикаем грибов.
А то — возьмем большой вакейшен,
Допустим, парочку недель,
В Париже, в дистрикте старейшем
Себе забукаем отель.
А там — и Рим не за горами,
Мадрид, Берлин, едрена мать!
Мы будем шопать в Амстердаме!
Мы будем в Праге ланчевать!
При наших, при больших зарплатах
Нам вся Европа — по плечу!
Ах, хорошо в Юнайтед Штатах!
Эх, травеляй, куда хочу!
Аппрочает весенний вечер,
Даркеет — прямо на ходу.
Стихают речи, гаснут свечи,
И Пушкин спинает в гробу...

[she_wolf]

I will make you mine: Я сделаю из тебя мину
Carpet factory: Фабрика по производству домашних животных для машины
Passports, please! Забросьте спорт, пожалуйста!

[she_wolf]

Надеюсь, меня не побьют за то, что я это на англ. повесила. Но уж больно весело они объяснили основные концепции Маркетинга

Marketing Concepts

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!"
- That's Direct Marketing.

You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: "He's very rich. Marry him."
- That's Advertising.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me."
- That's Telemarketing.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say: "By the way, I'm rich. Will you marry me?"
- That's Public Relations.

You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: "You are very rich! Can you marry me?"
- That's Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
- That's Customer Feedback.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband.
- That's demand and supply gap.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person come and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she goes with him.
- That's competition eating into your market share.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your wife arrives.
- That's restriction for entering new markets.