tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post5366555000692671536..comments2023-11-21T12:51:59.908-08:00Comments on Murderboarding Inc.: Доверяй, но проверяй Grimm S3E09 Red MenaceAnna Hammetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-39785948531229186642014-01-18T18:48:25.138-08:002014-01-18T18:48:25.138-08:00Interesting... Russian is, again, definitely not m...Interesting... Russian is, again, definitely not my strongest language, so I defer to your greater experience. :) Olga did have some accent that I heard, but the number of regional accents for Russian that I know by ear can be counted on the ears of one foot. And I'm reasonably sure that when I speak Russian I do so with a faint Spanish accent, because that tends to be my default for non-English languages, so... no idea. Sasha, of course, is a marvel of languages. Even if his German is French-accented. <br /><br />That's interesting... okay, for several reasons. And I don't mind the lack of patronymics so much except that a lot of the scenes were between the Russians themselves. Normally I wouldn't have noticed it as a curiosity except this is literally the first time I've heard any Russian speakers, Russians, or second-or-more generation immigrants, anyone not be bothered by a lack of patronymics in situations where one might expect them. Though I definitely agree, for things that I'm familiar with in that way, that I'd rather they be excluded than done badly. And I guess in that way I'm lucky. Anyway, I learned something new today! Thank you. :)<br /><br />And yeah. You're not the only one, I just. I have no idea what to say on that except "Why would you" and "stop that." Or maybe "Dude, that's so 80s."<br /><br />.... Fixed. Ahem. I swear I can type properly.Kitty Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524808952260453841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-77676365622418587842014-01-18T18:39:02.663-08:002014-01-18T18:39:02.663-08:00Ah! Thank you for saying; my information is sadly ...Ah! Thank you for saying; my information is sadly REALLY out of date except what we get in US news reports. :)Kitty Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524808952260453841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-40521735227752969942014-01-05T14:20:39.582-08:002014-01-05T14:20:39.582-08:00In Russia militsiya was renamed to Police (in Russ...In Russia militsiya was renamed to Police (in Russian: Полиция, Politsiya) in March 2011 :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939452789541116865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-58471821388964766122014-01-04T21:18:33.101-08:002014-01-04T21:18:33.101-08:00As an admittedly very rusty native Russian speaker...As an admittedly very rusty native Russian speaker, I didn't take issue with anyone's grammar, although a few of the actors' accents were bad (most notably, the girl who was healed, and the not-at-all Russian dad, as you pointed out). The guy playing Mishkin sounds Russian, but Olga does not to my ear, although it could be she's just got a regional accent I'm unfamiliar with (her pronunciation of "чего ты смотришь" was odd). (As an aside, it is so, so weird to hear my name on tv, nevermind being said by Nick and Renard, aaah). I agree with you on Sasha's Russian - just gorgeous. He does have a tiny hint of accent, but it's less of an accent than I have these days; it's not bad at all.<br /><br />I don't share your wrath re: lack of patronymics. None of the Russian expats I know bother with them here - they're too confusing for Americans, and no one ever pronounces them properly. It would have been nice to see them done right (like having Renard know to address someone by first name + patronymic), but I'd rather they be excluded than be done badly, y'know?<br /><br />Also, am I the only one who found this episode title a little off-putting? I can see where they're going with it, but no. Just no.<br /><br />Oh, and just fyi - you've got a typo on до свидания ;)Quasar360https://www.blogger.com/profile/11050132469472501351noreply@blogger.com