Bir nechta qiziqarli kuzatuvlar...
Juda tez-tez "Have a good day", "Have a good morning" va hokazolar o'rniga "Have a good one" iborasi ishlatiladi. Bu qayerdan paydo bo'lgani qiziq tuyuldi va lingvistik forumdan bir nechta qiziqarli postlar:
"Have we become this lazy? I mean, really, is it that difficult to keep track of whether it is morning, afternoon or evening?
If you have not yet eaten lunch then chances are that it is still morning.
If you have not yet eaten dinner than chances are that it is still the afternoon.
If you have not yet gone to bed then chances are that it is still the evening.
If you are still up and about after midnight then chances are that you are slurring your words anyway."
"As far as what it should mean from the cashier, I would think the most logical choice would be that she wants you to have a good day. But maybe when she says "have a good one" she only wants you to have ONE good day, the implication being that she wants all the rest of your days to be bad. Next time someone says such a rude thing to you you should let 'em have it."
Shuningdek, "all set" iborasi har qanday vaziyatda "OK" dan ko'ra tez-tez ishlatiladi. Nyu-Yorklik tanishlarim bu iborani umuman eshitmaganliklari g'alati! (Men Massachusetsda bo'lganman).
"Tarjimonning soxta do'sti" degan tushuncha bor (ikki tilda o'xshash eshitiladigan, lekin har xil ma'noga ega so'zlar - accurate, intelligent). Men doim asboblarni "tools" o'rniga "instruments" deb atardim.
Kimningdir muzlatgichida rus tilida "Coca-Cola" yozuvi bor bankani ko'rib juda hayron qoldim. Ma'lum bo'lishicha, bu Olimpiada uchun turli tillardagi nomlar yozilgan bankalar seriyasi ekan.
Amerikalik tanishim mastlikning 4 bosqichini bilishini aytdi:
-drunk -drunk as a pig -wasted -drunk as Boris Elcin
Rus tilida gaplashayotganingizda hech kim tushunmaydi deb o'ylasangiz, lekin aslida unday emasligi haqida har kim istagancha voqea aytib berishi mumkin. Mana shulardan biri (Vlad bilan sodir bo'lgan). Bostonda oilasi bilan bo'lgan bir erkak undan ingliz tilida qayerga borishni so'radi. Vlad tushuntirdi va o'sha yo'nalishda ulardan oldinroq yurdi, kameraga olish uchun ko'prikda to'xtadi. Oila uni quvib o'tayotganda, erkak boshqalarga "Ahmoq, o'zi ham o'sha yerga ketayotganini ayta olmadi" dedi. "O'zing ahmoqsan" degan javob bo'ldi.
Bu haqda qayerdadir yozganman - katta kakkuli soatlar "Grandfather's clock" deb ataladi. Dastlab, bu umumiy nom ekanligi aniqlanmaguncha, ishda "Grandfather's clock" ni ko'chirishni so'rashganda juda ehtiyotkorlik bilan harakat qilishim kerak edi - oilaviy yodgorlik deb o'ylardim.
Umuman olganda, yuk tashuvchi (mover) bo'lib ishlaganimdan keyin, barcha mebellar qanday nomlanishini, "tort-it" kabi fe'llarni bilaman va albatta, trotuarda ketayotgan qiz menga yoqishini aytishda muammoga duch kelmayman, sen esa yuk mashinasida yonidan o'tib ketayotgan bo'lasan -)
