{"id":5192,"date":"2014-03-06T08:31:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:46:23","slug":"internet-rhymes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/internet-rhymes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a\u0438 &#8211; Funny Internet Rhymes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the topic of <a title=\"Understanding Foreign Humor: Russian Humor\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/understanding-foreign-humor-russian-humor\/\">Russian humor<\/a>, I would like to draw your attention to a humorous poetry form that emerged on the Russian Internet a few years back. You are probably familiar with limericks (<strong>\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/strong>), which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ru\/ins\/zapoved\/zapoved\/limeriki-belkin.html\">have caught on in Russia(n)<\/a>, as well. However, there is a newer form that gained some popularity online. The form is called <strong>\u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a<\/strong> (plural <strong>\u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong>), also the name of <a title=\"A summer in Russia\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/a-summer-in-russia\/\">a Russian food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at one before we delve into details. I&#8217;ll mark the stress in this one, but the stress pattern is always the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043e\u043a\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0432 \u043f\u0435\u0434\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u043d\u043e \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0435 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span> \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0440\u0435\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u044c<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/shtifirtsa\">\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Oksana went to a teaching college instead of becoming a prostitute, but didn&#8217;t tell her mom because Oksana wanted to spare her feelings. If this makes no sense to you, think about the <a href=\"http:\/\/rbth.com\/articles\/2012\/09\/04\/how_russian_teachers_make_ends_meet_17927.html\">teachers&#8217; status and pay<\/a> in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/pirozhki-ru.livejournal.com\/551793.html#cutid1\">rules<\/a> of the pirozhok are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 lines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iambic_tetrameter\">iambic tetrameter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>no rhyme<\/li>\n<li>no capital letters<\/li>\n<li>no punctuation<\/li>\n<li>numbers are spelled out<\/li>\n<li>Cyrillic only<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syllabic_consonant\">syllabic consonants<\/a> must be spelled out as vowels (\u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0431\u044b\u0440\u044c, \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u044b\u0440)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these concern the form of the \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043e\u043a, what about the content? I like what a <a title=\"A Russian Facebook: \u0432\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435.\u0440\u0443\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/a-russian-facebook-%d0%b2%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%83\/\">\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/topic-28122932_28280253\">group<\/a> dedicated to \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a\u0438 said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0445\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0438\u043a\u0443, \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0451\u0442 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0441\u043e \u0441\u0432\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438<\/strong> (a good pirozhok disrupts conventional logic and creates its own world with its own laws)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0432 \u0445\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span> \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0432 \u0448\u0430\u0431\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0430, \u0438\u043d\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0442 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0437\u0435\u043d<\/strong> (a good pirozhok blows your mind, provides insight or zen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whether you or not you find these rhymes funny, they are great for many reasons. First, they will enrich your vocabulary and help you with slang and puns. Second, they provide insight into contemporary Russian life and culture. Finally, thanks for their rhythm pattern, \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a\u0438 will help you with word <a title=\"Stressed About Word Stress?\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/stressed-about-word-stress\/\">stress<\/a> and pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at a few other \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043a\u0438. You can find many more on <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/perawki\">\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pirozhki-ru.livejournal.com\">LiveJournal<\/a>, and elsewhere online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0449\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u043b\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0441 \u0442\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u044f \u0443\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0443 \u0442\u0443\u0434\u0430 \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0447\u0430\u0439<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u043c\u0443\u0437\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435 \u0438 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0432 \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0448\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u043b\u044b\u0439 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/12aprile\">est\u044c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <em>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0443\u0441 \u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/em>, -30 degrees Celsius = -22 degrees Fahrenheit<br \/>\n* <em>\u0437\u043b\u043e\u0439<\/em> &#8211; wicked<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u044f \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043b \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u043d\u0443 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u0430\u0431\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430 \u0441 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0439<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0430 \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u0447\u043e\u043d\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0430\u044f<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0444\u043b\u044e\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u044b\u0434\u0430\u0435\u0442<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id36655427\">Hippy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <em>\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/em> &#8211; terrible, formidable<br \/>\n* <em>\u043a\u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> <\/em>&#8211; scythe; symbol for death<br \/>\n* <em>\u0444\u043b\u044e\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043c\u0430<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chest_photofluorography\">chest X-ray<\/a>; used in Russia for TB screening<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0435\u0442<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u044c\u0435\u0442<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u043a \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0443 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044c<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/tigercat\">\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u041a\u043e\u0442<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<em>\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/em> \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443? (dative) &#8211; to cheat on someone<br \/>\n* <em>\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/em> &#8211; <a title=\"How to Curse like a Russian\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/how-to-curse-like-russian\/\">to swear<\/a><br \/>\n* <em>\u043a \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span><\/em> &#8211; for better<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0432 \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0448\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043b\u0435\u0442<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0435<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u043e\u043a \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0431\u043e\u0448<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/kto_vse_eti_ludi\">Ghella Harkness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <em>\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/em> \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e? (accusative) &#8211; to study to become someone (an occupation)<br \/>\n* <em>\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0435<\/em> &#8211; graduation<br \/>\n* <em>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440<\/em> &#8211; hammer drill<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442\u0443 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u044b \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u044b \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0442\u043e \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0430 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0441 \u0443\u0433\u043b\u0430<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/serhi84\">broad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <em>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/em> &#8211; strength; force (in physics)<br \/>\n* <em>\u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430<\/em> &#8211; work<br \/>\n* <em>\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0441<\/em> &#8211; cosine<br \/>\n* <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u043b<\/em> &#8211; angle<\/p>\n<p>On a sidenote, a modified rhyme where the last line only has two syllables is called <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a<\/strong>. An example is<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043b \u0431\u0435\u0442\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0443 \u043f\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0442\u0435<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u043a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0441 \u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0434\u0430\u0440\u044e \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u0435\u0435<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0432\u0430\u043d \u0433\u043e\u0433<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/mortimer_phist\">\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0439<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <em>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u043f\u043e \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0442\u0435<\/em> &#8211; to arrive in the mail<br \/>\n* <em>\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a<\/em> &#8211; a small box<br \/>\n* <em>\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e<\/em> \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443? (dative), comparative <em>\u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435<\/em> &#8211; needed<br \/>\n* <em>\u0412\u0430\u043d \u0413\u043e\u0433<\/em> &#8211; Van Gogh<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about this little rhyme pattern? Can you try to write a \u043f\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0436\u043e\u043a in Russian or in your language?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/03\/030614piroz1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/03\/030614piroz1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/03\/030614piroz1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/03\/030614piroz1.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Continuing the topic of Russian humor, I would like to draw your attention to a humorous poetry form that emerged on the Russian Internet a few years back. You are probably familiar with limericks (\u043b\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0438), which have caught on in Russia(n), as well. However, there is a newer form that gained some popularity online. The&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/internet-rhymes\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":5208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2228,2401,385637],"class_list":["post-5192","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-internet","tag-poetry","tag-russian-humor"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6612,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions\/6612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}