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Re: How to round?
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2019 Jun 14, 01:22 -0700
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2019 Jun 14, 01:22 -0700
Dear Brad, I'm not hanging noodles on your ears (sic!) when I assure you NO Russian will ever say that THIS way. The phrase is ALWAYS used as EITHER a rejection by a listener addressed on a storyteller ("don't hang noodles"), OR a warning - from a by-stander towards a listener - that the storyteller is malicious ("he is hanging noodles on your ears"). There is no other usage scenario. Otherwise it WILL rise an eyebrow (like it already did).
Besides, a "Moskovite" instead of a "Russian" has a tint of derogatory meaning, not exactly an insult but clearly in that direction.
Warm regards,
Tony
60°N 30°E
