Hristo?! Ochin Horosho!

[leonid]

If this is my Croatian friend, then let me congratulate you on your fine flying of the messer.  Didn't I tell you that you were one of the best?  Look at your score!  Bozhe moi!

Of course, if this isn't my fine friend, then please ignore  

[funked]

Leonid, if you don't mind, what does Horosho mean?  I listen to a lot of Russian speakers (long story) and I hear that word a lot.

[Sascha JG 77]

Well from my experience, if you hear a specific word in a foreign language over and over when native speakers of that language talk, it's a swear word.

Anyone ever been to Greece? The most popular word there is "malaka" and I think we all know what that means.

So my guess is that Horosho signifies something dirty!  

Sascha

[leonid]

Funked,
'horosho' means 'good', in Russian.  'Ochin' means 'very'.  Thus, 'very good'  

Sascha,
Sorry to disappoint you  ;b   BTW, 'Sascha' (or 'Sasha' in Russian) is a Russian nickname for Aleksandr, or Alexander.

[Sascha JG 77]

Hehe although i am not russian, I know that my name means "little Alexander". Now tell that to all these U.S. guys who think I am a girl because of my name...

Sascha JG 77 "Herz As!"

[funked]

LOL Sascha I know what malaka means and yeah they use it a lot.

I had a Greek friend in college and he would talk with his friends in Greece over the telephone.  You'd hear "blah blah blah malaka blah blah malaka" and we asked him what it meant, then we called him a malaka all the time.  

BTW He beat 3 of us at Scrabble one time, including two lawyers ROFL!

[Sascha JG 77]

 

You'd hear "blah                         blah blah malaka blah blah malaka"

He, he...sounds *exactly* like what happened when I had my first contact with the greek language.  

It seems to be *THE* most important word if you travel down there. A friend of mine in Greece talked me through all the ways that they use the word in. I really admire this word for its versatility, there's actually just one word that beats "malaka" in that respect: It's an english word and it starts with an "F".  

Sascha

[Kats]

hehehehe, having used that word (malaka) on countless occasions I'll give a bit of history hehehehe.

It's actually comes from the verb malakia (the act of maturbating) so malaka best translates as "one who maturbates" the implication being that of a person who has nothing better to do all day than to masterbate. English use the words idiot, jerk-off, dog f*ing, etc etc in it's place.

It's actually quite a soft swear word in Greek compared to their religious swears attached with verbs of the sexual nature. These are quite common in European Countries, France first comes to mind as having some very imaginative ones  

[funked]

Hhehehee Kats that's kinda what I figgered.  

[Hristo]

Hi Leonid !

Yes, it is me   Formerly flown as Nassko, but now I use my old nickname again.

Spasibo i dosvidanya !

[ArcTangent]

Man this is getting educational.  Learned something new today, in another language no less.

I always thought malaka was a type of burrito.

Hristo, what does
" Spasibo i dosvidanya ! "
mean? a salutation or goodbye of some sort?


Arc T

[leonid]

ArcTangent,

Sorry to answer for Hristo, but 'Spacibo i dosvidanya' is Russian for 'Thank you and goodbye'  

[funked]

ATAN:  ROFL!

Machaca is the word you are thinking of.

I like Barbacoa or Al Pastor better though.  

[-cman-]

Ok, been a long time and I hardly ever tried to do it in roman letters, but...

My nyznim eto russki yazikov arene.

Oz?

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-cman-
The Dweebs of Death
"Death before dishonor,
often just moments
before."

[Ozymandias_KoK]

Skonfuzirivayu.  Zabwil shto znachit <<nyznim>>, i ne magy naxodit slovar.  

Oz nenavizhyu tozhe <<transliteration>>  .  Ochen troodni.

O3