Comments on: Cute

By: Rich B.

Rich B. — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:13:09 +0000

I am reminded on a commercial that came out, for a bank, I assume, back when ATM machines were new. I have forgotten everything about it now, except an old woman explaining how the machine worked. . . “Little tiny tellers . . .”

By: tom brandt

tom brandt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:24:54 +0000

I don’t speak Russian, but I got a kick out of the of the occassional English word which popped out, like “chat” and “browser”.

By: Great Zamfir

Great Zamfir — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:52:54 +0000

The Dutch for @ is apenstaartje, monkeytail with the extra effect of starting with an ‘a’.

I think it’s likely most Dutch people believe the sign is actually meant to be an ‘a’ with a tail.

By: Eszter

Eszter — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:48:54 +0000

The @ sign in Hungarian is spoken as the word for “worm”, kukac, which I’ve always found amusing.

I wonder if the chat window example is realistic. It seems like way too correct and pure Russian for a chat session. Don’t people tend to use at least some shorthand? (I realize for an ad that is trying to popularize a product of this sort that may not be the best way to go, but I was surprised at how much of the exchange I understood given how long ago I studied this language.)

And yes, qb, I liked the yellow star section as well although I think my favorites remain the blinking line and the cursor change.

By: abb1

abb1 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:47:32 +0000

‘Spam’ – yes, but there are a couple of more words they should adopt: ‘dot’ and ‘at’. ‘Tochka’ and ‘sobaka’ really annoy me.

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:14:36 +0000

Ah, CΠAM. If I were a Python I’d get a strange tingle indeed when contemplating how my absurd larking-about on the subject of luncheon meat has created a word that has conquered the world.

By: Alan Bostick

Alan Bostick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:40:43 +0000

qb@3: “Let’s go see this film!”

By: qb

qb — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:25:16 +0000

wow, that was excellent, i only wish i knew what was being said in the chat window. my favorite part were the little stars they filled up with yellow goo.

By: Scott Hughes

Scott Hughes — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:12:56 +0000

It looks like they put a lot of work into that!

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:53:36 +0000

So this is how the Russians broke the Gmail captcha the other day.