Apr 19, 2012 23:17
12 yrs ago
русский term
Пользоваться его языком
May offend
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
Литература и поэзия
Wordplay
Needing a little help with some wordplay, where a woman drops a clever reference to cunnilingus while discussing her dalliance with a man:
Мужик был ещё хоть куда ;-) – умелый, порочный в самом волнующем смысле этого слова, поскольку выучил эти уроки за счёт тех, кого он, пользуясь его языком – я о филологическом аспекте :-Р – топтал.
Мужик был ещё хоть куда ;-) – умелый, порочный в самом волнующем смысле этого слова, поскольку выучил эти уроки за счёт тех, кого он, пользуясь его языком – я о филологическом аспекте :-Р – топтал.
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4 час
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to quote him - and he was a cunning linguist...
If you insist on the pun...
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Michael Korovkin
: excellent! I would put it "according to his cunninng linguistic abilities". Beats any Nabokov!
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Thanks. Can't take credit for the phrase though. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cunning lingu...
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Jack Doughty
: In the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies", Miss Moneypenny says that James is a cunning linguist. www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/quotes
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thanks
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Samantha Payn
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Thank you
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Leonid K.U.
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Gracias. :)
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Mark Berelekhis
: Ha, very nice.
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thx!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for."
4 мин
Mikhail Kropotov
Германия
Германия
Native in русский
Works in field
Германия
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: русский
Works in: английский => русский, русский => английский, русский
Related KudoZ points
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376
...and this comes out of his mouth...
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Note added at 6 mins (2012-04-19 23:23:37 GMT)
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Just an idea I borrowed from the movie Private Parts
Jackie: My answer is "cock", and I wrote it really big, so I have a "big cock!"
Howard: I'm afraid you can't say "big cock" on the air. That's a no-no.
Robin Quivers: But I just said "pussy".
Jackie: [whining] Yeah, she just said *pussy*!
Howard: Well, pussy's okay. It's the way you say it. "Big cock" coming out of your mouth is, just not good.
Jackie: Wait a minute. I can't say "big cock", but you can say "big cock coming out of your mouth?"
Howard: That's right.
Jackie: That sucks!
[Pig Vomit, very pissed off, starts running for the studio]
Fred Norris: [as Richard Nixon] Did you just say "big cock coming out of your mouth that sucks"?
Howard: So Brett, what did you write down?
Robin Quivers: [as Brett Summers] Just like the boys, Gene. I've got "cock".
Howard: Do me a favor. Hold that up for a second so I can see your "cock".
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Note added at 6 mins (2012-04-19 23:23:37 GMT)
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Just an idea I borrowed from the movie Private Parts
Jackie: My answer is "cock", and I wrote it really big, so I have a "big cock!"
Howard: I'm afraid you can't say "big cock" on the air. That's a no-no.
Robin Quivers: But I just said "pussy".
Jackie: [whining] Yeah, she just said *pussy*!
Howard: Well, pussy's okay. It's the way you say it. "Big cock" coming out of your mouth is, just not good.
Jackie: Wait a minute. I can't say "big cock", but you can say "big cock coming out of your mouth?"
Howard: That's right.
Jackie: That sucks!
[Pig Vomit, very pissed off, starts running for the studio]
Fred Norris: [as Richard Nixon] Did you just say "big cock coming out of your mouth that sucks"?
Howard: So Brett, what did you write down?
Robin Quivers: [as Brett Summers] Just like the boys, Gene. I've got "cock".
Howard: Do me a favor. Hold that up for a second so I can see your "cock".
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Dr Lofthouse
: lol:):)
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I'm ever happy to amuse. Still, I wonder what you really think about my answer ;)
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Alexander Onishko
Native in русский
Works in field
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: русский 
, украинский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, украинский => английский, and 5 more.
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63
as he usually says
as easy as that
+1
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kamilw
Works in field
...to use his tongue...
Literally, I would put it as simple as that. Tongue can mean language, and this would give the same ambiguity.
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Dr Lofthouse
: ....by those he's taught a thing or two using his tongue (in the philological sense) ...
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thanks!
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Aleksey Chervinskiy
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спасибо!
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AxmxZ
: "tongue" is an archaic way to refer to a given language per se, not a manner of speaking within a specific language
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it's still very often used in expressions like "mother tongue", "native tongue" etc., and IMHO here can be used too
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Elena Hershey
США
США
Native in русский
США
Your Russian translator
Native in: русский
Works in: английский => русский, русский => английский
in his words/in his language
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Mikhail Kropotov
: How does that help? There's no play on words or innuendo
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Michael Korovkin
Италия
Италия
Native in русский
&
английский
Specializes in field
Италия
Native in: английский , русский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, итальянский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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174
at the expense of those whom he had savaged linguistically – glottologically speaking, of course
Just for fun: вот еще один - дважды двусмыслленный - вариант :)
"so canningly savaged – linguistically speaking, of course" also works quite nicely
"so canningly savaged – linguistically speaking, of course" also works quite nicely
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