Nordic Countries

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I just checked with Google, Perun; apparently it's a cat.

 

[Freeyyaa]

Okay, I'll bite. What is a purebred Russian language scholar?

The one studying purebred Russian.

 

[Perun]

That really raises more questions than it answers...

 

[Deleted member 7164]

I'll guess...some proto- or archaic version used no more, like Elizabethan English?

 

[Freeyyaa]

I'll guess...some proto- or archaic version used no more, like Elizabethan English?

Absolutely not archaic, but modern and hyper modern. The language of nowadays, the one of literature, radio, TV, spoken in the streets and in family circles. The purebred Russian we speak today.

 

[Srogyy]

What's the deal with 'purebred' what does it mean to you in this context?

 

[Ariana]

The language of nowadays, the one of literature, radio, TV, spoken in the streets and in family circles.

You forgot to mention Putin.

 

[Freeyyaa]

What's the deal with 'purebred' what does it mean to you in this context?

Without any non-Slavic admixtures.
Stop offtoping!

 

[LooseCannon]

Where's the fun in a language that doesn't grow and evolve?

 

[Ariana]

Without any non-Slavic admixtures.

Really? How do you call the Internet, the telephones and the automobiles in Russia?

And when do we start talking about Sabaton?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

On topic. I'd think Icelandic would be a candidate for the most "purebred" language in Europe. They have a tradition, and an active policy, for actively seeking to avoid adopting loan words, and instead finding good Icelandic words for them.

Also, Sabaton.

 

[Saapanael]

Really? How do you call the Internet, the telephones and the automobiles in Russia?

And more importantly, how do you call a cheeseburger in Russia?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I suppose by combining the Russian words for cheese, meat, and puck?

 

[LooseCannon]

Puck is a Canadian word, they better have their own word for it.

 

[Freeyyaa]

And more importantly, how do you call a cheeseburger in Russia?

Cheeseburger--"чизбургер". Who knows, may be Icelandic way is the one for the language to evolve and develop. 30% of words in Russian--are borrowings and loan-words.
"Computer" in Icelandic--"tolva". In French--"un ordinateur", derives from Latin "ordo" (order).
Is Sabaton a good band?

 

[Saapanael]

Cheeseburger--"чизбургер".

I know, it was a rhetorical question .

Is Sabaton a good band?

It's cheesy and epic, slightly ridiculous yet very powerful. If you like such a style then yes.

 

[Ariana]

I know this discussion is completely futile and I'll regret asking this but I have to ask. If 30% of the words used in Russian are from foreign origin, how can you keep talking about "purebred" language?

 

[Saapanael]

Пуребред perhaps?

 

[Ariana]

Where'd you get those funny letters from, Saap?

 

[Perun]

Who knows, may be Icelandic way is the one for the language to evolve and develop.

You're not a philologist, I take it?