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Some unusual Russian words:

Three "o" in a row, all of them pronounced:
"Зоообъединение" - "Zoological association."

Three "e" in a row, all of them pronounced:
"Длинношеее" - "long necked (animal, n.g.)"

Here is a cluster of seven consonants in a row, all of them pronounced:
"Подвзбзднуть" - joking word, mean "to fart very slightly (in unison with smb)". Can you say that one fast? :-)

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

And for the record, "Длинношеее" is the only word in the entire language that has three consecutive "e"s.

[dimon37.livejournal.com]

Not true. There's also змееед (snake eater).

[insaint.livejournal.com]

Hmm. True. I stand corrected.

[nemica.livejournal.com]

It's very common misbelief, there is no such the word, змееед, that snake eater is called змееяд.

[alradist.livejournal.com]

It's змееед indeed :-) because it consists of 2 words: змея and ед, and a connecting simbol e between.

[gjertsen.livejournal.com]

I'm a little bit overwhelmed by the fact that russian has a verb that means "to fart very slightly (in unison with smb)"!
Sometimes I think I will never learn this language...

[portugalist.livejournal.com]

don't be so sad! I'm Russian but I've never seen this word in my life. It was a joke

[unlightened.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it's a perfectly Russian word, entirely corresponding to its grammar and rules of word-constructing, so Russian _does_ have this word :)

[portugalist.livejournal.com]

I can create a million of such-a-kind words, they will have our suffixes or prefixes, can be conjugated, all roots of them will be known by the Russians - but they will not be used in our language.

[gera.livejournal.com]

The other two also fall under "useless facts" category.
Russian speakers hardly ever encounter them in their lives.

[gjertsen.livejournal.com]

then i resolve to forget them ;)
*goes back to studying verbs of motion*

for those who studying our language

[portugalist.livejournal.com]

don't forget - three letters, but not sounds

in зоообъединение - the third "o" sounds [a]
in длинношее - the first "e" sounds [э], and the 2nd and 3rd - [e]

"Подвзбзднуть" - joking word, mean "to fart very slightly (in unison with smb)". Can you say that one fast? :-)

and can YOU? I'm Russian to the backbone, but I can't. And I haven't seen any person using such a word

Re: for those who studying our language

[vaguevogue.livejournal.com]

15 mitutes of non-stop practice - and I can really say it fast)
I heard/read some words of the same origin, but never this one, indeed..

Re: for those who studying our language

[portugalist.livejournal.com]

I also heard some words of THIS origin, but not with 7 consonants together.

Re: for those who studying our language

[alradist.livejournal.com]

say that one fast "Подвзбзднуть" -- it's easy, I tryed right now :-)

Re: for those who studying our language

[portugalist.livejournal.com]

I can't, it's stupid

[dimon37.livejournal.com]

Another interesting word is a word that contains 7 leters "o". Not consecutive. That is a perfectly usable word.

If you add a prefix, you can even make 8 "o"s, but then that word is not exactly meaningful.

I'll tell you later, if I don't forget.

[onodera.livejournal.com]

It must be обороноспособность (defense capability).

[dimon37.livejournal.com]

you got it

[vaguevogue.livejournal.com]

but here are only 7 O's!

[abat.livejournal.com]

Have you something else like that?
Except this I know just 'молокопровод' (milk pipe?)

[gjertsen.livejournal.com]

to get even a bit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[unlightened.livejournal.com]

Контрвзбзднуть - 9 consonants in a row :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

You mean to fart not in unison, but in counterpoint? ;-)

[mazterito.livejournal.com]

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