<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>ëÔÏ ÎÅ ËÕÒÉÔ É ÎÅ ÐØÅÔ, ÔÏÔ ÚÄÏÒÏ×ÅÎØËÉÍ ÐÏÍÒÅÔ</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 asš</div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div>Who doesn't smoke and drink will dieš healthyš</div><div><br></div><div style>(not due tošhealthiness).</div>
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