#RussianProverb: Live for a Century – Learn for a Century

On 28.06.202028.06.2020 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian Art, Russian language, Russian SayingsLeave a comment

Ivan Bilibin – Illustration (1933) to *The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish* by Alexander Pushkin

Век живи – век учись! (vek zhivi – vek uchis’)

Lit.: live for a century – learn for a century.

English equivalent: you live and learn.

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Russo-Balt car that participated in the St Petersburg – Rome – St Petersburg motor rally (1910).

#RussianProverb: He Who Drives Forth, Draws Luck

On 01.12.201702.12.2017 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Photos of Russia, Russian language, Russian SayingsLeave a comment

**Везёт тому, кто везёт*! (vezyót tomú, kto vezyót).**

Lit.: he who drives forth, draws luck.

English equivalent: God helps those who help themselves.

Meaning: people who want to be successful in life should work hard and not give up.

Russo-Balt car that participated in the St. Petersburg – Sevastopol motor rally (1911).

*The Russian verb везти means to drive / carry and also to have luck / do well.

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Valentin Korzhov - Darwin vs Darwin, Scene №2.

#RussianProverb: If You Do Something in a Hurry, People Will Laugh at You

On 24.07.201730.11.2017 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian language, Russian Sayings1 Comment

Поспешишь — людей насмешишь (pospeshísh’ – lyudéy nasmeshísh’).

Lit.: if you do something in a hurry, people will laugh at you.

English equivalents: fools rush in; haste makes waste.

Roadmap of Linguistic Cargo Cult

On 03.05.201707.05.2017 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Conspiracy Theory, Cultural Studies, Russian language2 Comments

The Roadmap of Linguistic Cargo Cult:

1. Use non-Russian substitutes for words as often as possible, just transliterate them even when it’s not necessary (reverse Occam razor: entities must be multiplied beyond necessity).
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