Death

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

What are some Russian euphemisms for death? In English, if we want to be polite, we can say "pass on" or "pass away," or "gone to a better place."

We also have negative/joking ones, like "kick the bucket," "buy the farm," "pushing up daisies."

How, besides using умереть or погибнуть, can you say "die" in Russian?

Comments

[mooze.livejournal.com]

definitely. there's a sequel to it, called "The Golden Calf" (Золотой теленок). I can try to find a link to it, in Russian though

[serialcondition.livejournal.com]

lol I own the book already
brought it with me when I left the "old coutry"
I agree that it's great
but I think a lot of humor in it is cultural and foreigners (even the ones who learn russian) wont quite understand it

t.

[mooze.livejournal.com]

one can't get much info on you having the book or not just by looking at your userpic:)))
as far as humor is concerned, that's definitely advanced reading. I re-read it twice a year and still haven't got tired of it:))

[serialcondition.livejournal.com]

oh obviously my user pic is too subtle ;)

and i would go beyond that -- even if you understand all the words; some humor, and especially satire, requires more intimate familiarity with the culture;

[mooze.livejournal.com]

agree, our heritage is like an ingrown toenail - you can never quite pull everything out on the open, some is always hidden:)))