<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As I said, I don't have enough Russian!<div><br></div><div>Thanks, VIctor.</div><div><br></div><div>David </div><div><br><div><div>On May 28, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Victor Ivrii wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=koi8-r"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:27 AM, David Derbes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loki@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">loki@uchicago.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I know a little Russian, but not enough. I have two friends, one American who is fluent, and one born in Russia who is now naturalized. The American runs a lovely blog, "language hat". I asked them. Neither he nor my Russian friend--Boris, of course--say that there is a Russian equivalent, because healthy is not the Russian way. The best that Stephen came up with is:<div>
<br></div><div>Кто не курит и не пьет, тот здоровеньким помрет</div><div><br></div><div>Who doesn't smoke and drink will die of healthiness.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br>
</div><div style="">No, this Russian joke literally translates as </div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><br></div><div>Who doesn't smoke and drink will die healthy </div><div><br></div><div style="">(not due to healthiness).</div>
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