{"id":1966,"date":"2011-04-05T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:40:09","slug":"april-fools-day-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/april-fools-day-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool’s Day (Is Over)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you celebrate April Fool\u2019s Day? Many Russians do since \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0443<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e <\/strong>\u044e<\/span><\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [sense of humor] is a valued quality. In fact, many personal ads include this \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0443<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e <\/strong>\u044e<\/span><\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> as a must-have quality for \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0451<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [meaningful relationship].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041d\u043e <\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0451<\/span>\u043c\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u043a <\/strong>\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0438\u043c <\/strong>\u0431\u0430\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [But let\u2019s get back to business; lit. – let\u2019s get back to our rams]. \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0434\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [Fool\u2019s Day] is also known as \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0445\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Laughter]. Russians celebrate it with pranks and Russian media – with fake news, press releases and promotions. In short, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f, <\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a <\/strong>\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [everyone spoofs any way they can].<\/p>\n

The verb \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> means \u201cto be pinned\u201d, but \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> means \u201cto prank\u201d or \u201cto have fun\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u0434\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0435<\/span> <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e <\/strong>\u0441 <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f <\/strong>\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0446\u0430 <\/strong>\u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0437\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Flyers are to be pinned to the board only with store owner\u2019s permission]<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0420\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0430 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0447\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u044b \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [Lads posted this flyer just for fun]<\/p>\n

Hence one of the meanings of the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> is \u201ca prank\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041c\u044b \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b!\u00bb<\/strong> [We came up with an awesome April Fool\u2019s prank]<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get it confused with a word \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to prank or con someone], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to fall victim to a prank or a con].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0422\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0438 – <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 <\/strong>\u0444\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u0443\u044e <\/strong>\u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0443\u044e <\/strong>\u0438\u043a\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [They conned you by selling you fake caviar]<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u042f \u0442\u0430\u043a \u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u043f\u043a\u0435 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u044b. \u0417\u0440\u044f <\/strong>\u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u043b!\u00bb<\/strong> [Buying this car was a bad choice for me. Should\u2019ve listened to you!]<\/p>\n

The least imaginative prank I can think of is to tell someone \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u0441\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [your back is all white]. I\u2019m not 100% sure why people say this, but I think the story goes something like this:<\/p>\n

The walls in old Soviet Union administrative offices, government buildings, schools, barracks and even staircases and hallways in apartment buildings were painted only to a certain height (usually between waist and shoulder height). Anything higher than that was not painted, but whitewashed using \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [lime paste]. So if you leaned against a wall, you would likely get the dry chalky lime powder all over your back.<\/p>\n

As I said, I think it\u2019s one of the least funny of the \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u0448\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [April Fool\u2019s jokes] or \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u044b\u0433\u0440\u044b\u0448\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [April Fool\u2019s pranks]. Another one would be \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0448\u043d\u0443\u0440\u043a\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u044f\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [your shoelaces are untied].<\/p>\n

The key to a good April Fool\u2019s joke is it should be \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [inoffensive], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [believable] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u0435\u0437 <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [without consequences]. A great April Fool\u2019s joke, on the other hand, will be all that plus \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [fresh] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [funny]. (So the joke on the picture, although funny, is not very good).<\/p>\n

What stories fooled you this year? How did you \u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0437\u044b\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [spoofed] your family, friends and colleagues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Do you celebrate April Fool\u2019s Day? Many Russians do since \u00ab\u0447\u0443\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0430\u00bb [sense of humor] is a valued quality. In fact, many personal ads include this \u00ab\u0447\u0443\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0430\u00bb as a must-have quality for \u00ab\u0441\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0451\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u00bb [meaningful relationship]. \u00ab\u041d\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0451\u043c\u0441\u044f \u043a \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043c \u0431\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043c\u00bb [But let\u2019s get back to business; lit. – let\u2019s get back to…<\/p>\n

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