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Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2008help finding a Russian expression
In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into English as "straying left." Does anyone know how to write this expression in Russian, with Roman characters? ( my Cyrillic is a bit rusty) also, while we're at it, does anyone know of words/expressions in languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' >In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into >English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for >instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' "Left" = "sinister"  Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * >>In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into >>English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for >>instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' Try Arabic. I don't understand the language, but judging by an English translation the Holy Quran contains a negative use of left. On the Day of Judgement people are divided into three groups, the elite, the people of the right and the people of the left. The first two groups will go to Paradise. SURA 56.THE INEVITABLE [56:41 - 56:55] Those of the left, will be on the left. In misery and inferno. Even their shade is hot. Never cool, never tolerable. They used to be rich. They insisted on the great blasphemy. They said, "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we get resurrected? "Does this include our forefathers?" Say, "The early generations and the later generations. "Will be summoned to a meeting on a predetermined day. "Then you, O disbelieving strayers. "Will eat from the trees of bitterness. "Filling your bellies therefrom. "Then drinking on top of it hellish drinks. "Then adding drinks of sand." Such is their share on the Day of Judgment. That seems very negative to me. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:48:05 -0700 (PDT), Lingualect > >also, while we're at it, does anyone know of words/expressions in > >languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for > >instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' > > "Left" = "sinister" Then there are 'left-handed compliments' which aren't compliments at all. cheers, Stephanie in Brussels On Apr 29, 6:30 am, Hatunen <hatu...@cox.net> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:48:05 -0700 (PDT), Lingualect > >also, while we're at it, does anyone know of words/expressions in > >languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for > >instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' > > "Left" = "sinister" Then there are 'left-handed compliments' which aren't compliments at all. Are those the ones we call "back-handed compliments"? >On Apr 29, 6:30 am, Hatunen <hatu...@cox.net> wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:48:05 -0700 (PDT), Lingualect [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Are those the ones we call "back-handed compliments"? Probably, for some values of "we". >>In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into >>English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "Left" = "sinister" And "gauche" - clumsy, as does "cack-handed", whereas "adroit" and "dextrous" mean the opposite. SignatureRob Bannister > In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into > English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for > instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' French 'gauche' - clumsy, untactful, lacking social grace ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into > English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > languages besides English that refer to the left negatively? for > instance, in Hindi the left hand, ulta haanth, means 'bad hand.' Hello Lingualect, A moderately negative, humorous expression in French: "se lever du pied gauche" = to get out of bed on the wrong side. "Il s'est levé du pied gauche ce matin" = He's ill-humoured, grumpy. >> In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into >> English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > pied gauche" = to get out of bed on the wrong side. "Il s'est levé du > pied gauche ce matin" = He's ill-humoured, grumpy. If I were you I'd try sci.lang.translation (not sci.lang), but if Rey saw your message he may know. Signatureathel On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:48:05 -0700 in afcd28ec-d212-4d75-b94f-82720898df90@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, > In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into > English as "straying left." > Does anyone know how to write this expression in Russian, with Roman > characters? ( my Cyrillic is a bit rusty) <hodit; nalevo>, if you need an infinitive. This typically implies a regular activity. "Left" is also used in a lot of other expressions; <spustit; nalevo> "to spend to the left" is to sell something secretly, especially when this something doesn't belong to you but to the company you're working for; <levyj tovar> "left merchandise" is a piece of merchandise that is either illegal/counterfeit, or sold secretly, or both; <levaja programma> "left program" is a piece of software that isn't supposed to be there; and so on. SignatureAlec Kojaev St.Petersburg, Russia [30E18 59N56] > In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into > English as "straying left." > Does anyone know how to write this expression in Russian, with Roman > characters? ( my Cyrillic is a bit rusty) Did you mean заблудший (zabludshiy)? Alex > > In Russian, there's a euphemism for infidelity which translates into > > English as "straying left." [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Did you mean ÚÁÂÌÕÄÛÉÊ (zabludshiy)? > Alex Apparently, groups' web interface doesn't support Unicode. Sweet... > On Apr 29, 2:14 am, "Alexei A. Frounze" <alexfrun...@gmail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Apparently, groups' web interface doesn't support Unicode. Sweet... Your original message showed the Cyrillic faultlessly, in my receipt; your quotation rendered it unintelligible. SignatureFrank ess |
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