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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2014, 09:11 PM Jul 2014

Vladimir Ras-Putin

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Vladimir Ras-Putin (Original Post) El Supremo Jul 2014 OP

That's funny, I've always thought of him as his partial namesake, too. LuvNewcastle Jul 2014 #1

I still prefer this. Igel Jul 2014 #2

LuvNewcastle

(16,843 posts)

1. That's funny, I've always thought of him as his partial namesake, too.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 10:54 PM

Jul 2014

I wonder if Russians notice the similarity in names. They must, although I don't know what "Putin" means in Russian. It doesn't sound good in English. Sometimes I call him "Fartin'."

Igel

(35,296 posts)

2. I still prefer this.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:28 AM

Jul 2014

English version ... needs a bit of help:

Russian version is better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2203667297&feature=iv&src_vid=BzQqw7sdiG4&v=xq7EA8UuQdA

It's more clever with word play, puns, and rhymes. Some off color, some offensive, some obscene. Some words lose their religious connotation and some of the reason for their use, and puns are just nasty to translate.

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