RUB Mentality ?

[Tanya and Barry 59]

I am sad the OP was banned on Wednesday

Why?

[james&olya 1,121]

No, Kefir is just buttermilk. Here: http://www.lifeway.net/Products/Kefir/LowFatKefir/LowFatBlueberry.aspx

Yeah, my grocery bill went way down when Olya discovered that buttermilk was pretty much the same as kefir or ryazhenka! The 3 year-old still gets a liter every day!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

So let's go another way...

It seems we have developed some language quirks of our own, some just funny. Going back to the original "lub" I always explain everything as being "from latin"

"Smallville? Why would anyone name a town smallville?"

It is Latin for "small village"

"Shell up Gary"

So that said...

LUB: Abbreviation for pound (lb)

Muntzes: Plural for month

Shell Up: Means "shut up" but "sounds nicer". Comes from "Clam up" Probably latin.

Crack me off: make me laugh

Boiled fish: Russian equivilent of "deer in the headlights"

Breasteses: Plural for "breast"

Bushranger: Bra. Comes from Russian word "bustgeitner" which she spelled in a text message as "I was shopping and bought a new bushranger, you will like it" I'm....sure...I ...will.

Beer: Bear

Bear: Beer

make flowers; fart. I make "wildflowers"

Anyone else, there must be more. It keeps life interesting and we always have a good laugh. To be fair, Alla could list all my Russian Faux pas's of which there are many more!

[Martyshk 137]

We speak Russian at home, so I'm devoid of those neologisms.

I hear enough of that at a Russian store (which I tried to avoid at all costs).