tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post2314614855977659369..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: A question for the readersHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-80107337324017577172015-04-07T19:37:57.460-07:002015-04-07T19:37:57.460-07:00It's an odd assortment, for sure. Two of the ...It's an odd assortment, for sure. Two of the Russian-language sites seem like fairly legit, normal websites/blogs - one on medical issues, and one on do-it-yourself home/garden stuff. Color me puzzled.<br /><br />A couple are obviously pretty typical skeevy .ru pirate sites, and then you've got the pr0n site. A friend of mine once opined that you can learn a lot about a culture by looking at its pr0n, but at least in the Internet age, all I have "learned"* is that men** all over the world like pretty much the same things: "lesbians," boobs, and anal sex. Not that there's anything <i>wrong</i> with that.<br /><br />*Uhhh, not that I spend that much time looking at pr0n or anything.<br />**Or, well, whoever.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-50128571903472995862015-04-07T18:43:42.517-07:002015-04-07T18:43:42.517-07:00Today's leading sources of traffic:
ht_tp://ai...Today's leading sources of traffic:<br />ht_tp://aibolita.ru/<br />ht_tp://2kata.ru/<br />ht_tp://coldfilm.ru/<br />ht_tp://diyportal.ru/<br />ht_tp://krasivoe-hd.com/<br />ht_tp://qualified-site.com/<br />ht_tp://wheelchairlifttoday.com/Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-13073318162441990702015-04-06T09:14:12.657-07:002015-04-06T09:14:12.657-07:00Happy Dyngus Day, everybody!Happy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRG2WHFFm8" rel="nofollow">Dyngus Day</a>, everybody!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-4238874222245357482015-04-06T08:52:44.538-07:002015-04-06T08:52:44.538-07:00They are the only ones who get the jokes. Or maybe...They are the only ones who get the jokes. Or maybe they don't think they are jokes. I get confused. fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-79036395556760135392015-04-06T06:18:26.730-07:002015-04-06T06:18:26.730-07:00My Ukrainian readers, of whom there are many, have...My Ukrainian readers, of whom there are many, have a remarkable ability to synchronize their visits, as if they were all in the same room working under a conductor. It's nice to imagine classroomsful of Ukrainians led by their teachers to catch up with the latest results from Riddled Laboratories, but I cannot see why the rest of us should deserve such close attention.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-91384944491496830632015-04-05T18:15:21.872-07:002015-04-05T18:15:21.872-07:00If I had to guess, I'd reckon that a passel of...If I had to guess, I'd reckon that a passel of Ukrainian college girls decided that you had an enticingly large forehead and forwarded your picture to their friends.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-81661473879519918462015-04-05T15:07:37.014-07:002015-04-05T15:07:37.014-07:00Both are marginally more salient than 'beige&#...<i>Both are marginally more salient than 'beige'.</i><br /><br />It is highly likely that, having learned Russian first (it was my first foreign language, oddly enough) I have been incorrectly analogizing the синий/голубой thing to Polish all along. It's true, now that I think of it, that "niebieski" really is the generic Polish word for blue, and "granatowy" and "błękitny" are far less commonly used. Poles will <i>argue</i> over whether the latter are colors in themselves or just shades of "niebieski," whereas Russians would never argue about синий and голубой being different colors, any more than English speakers would argue about "red" vs. "pink."JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-19397490350423219832015-04-05T13:38:55.235-07:002015-04-05T13:38:55.235-07:00"Referrer spam" sounds plausible. Lots o...<i>"Referrer spam" sounds plausible. </i>Lots of skeevy ".ru" sites showing up in the referrer statistics.<br /><br /><i>I can say with certainty that Polish does - "niebieski," light blue, related to the word for "sky," and "granatowy," the etymology of which is still opaque to me. (It can't be from "granit" - granite, I don't think.) There's also błękitny,</i><br /><br />I acquired a copy of Stanulewicz' 2010 paper on "Polish terms for 'blue'", which mentions granatowy 'navy blue' and błękitny 'sky blue'. Both are marginally more salient than 'beige'.<br /><br /><i>Czech is weird in a lot of ways.</i><br />Oh my yes. I can pronounce the r-háček sound, 2 tries out of 3. It has 'blankytný', but that doesn't show up <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SsIvwPM7qsQ/Uwiehy4VF_I/AAAAAAAAOeM/bTL-aOUkW98/s1600/czech.PNG" rel="nofollow">in the data</a>.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-15896953371824195652015-04-05T12:34:57.271-07:002015-04-05T12:34:57.271-07:0021 from Ukraine, 10 from USA and a Brazillion from...21 from Ukraine, 10 from USA and a Brazillion from South America!Sirius Lunacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-48244833997143756932015-04-05T10:11:25.093-07:002015-04-05T10:11:25.093-07:00^ Polish W---pedia tells me that "granatowy,&...^ Polish W---pedia tells me that "granatowy," dark blue, comes from the word for <i>pomegranate</i>, which seems very odd.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-69958260995363261742015-04-05T10:03:54.561-07:002015-04-05T10:03:54.561-07:00BTW, Smut, in regards to your disappointment about...BTW, Smut, in regards to your disappointment about Czech and therefore prob'ly Western Slavic languages in general not having two words for blue, I can say with certainty that <i>Polish</i> does - "niebieski," light blue, related to the word for "sky," and "granatowy," the etymology of which is still opaque to me. (It can't be from "granit" - <i>granite</i>, I don't think.) There's also błękitny, cognate with Belarussian and Ukrainian, which is another word for "light blue."<br /><br />I assumed that Czech, by analogy, must have a similar setup, but Czech is weird in a lot of ways.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-84516968448886319322015-04-05T09:55:50.783-07:002015-04-05T09:55:50.783-07:00Come for the tractors, stay for the babushkas!Come for the tractors, stay for the babushkas!H. Rumbold, Master Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584302712998121919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-12135941202126109482015-04-05T09:42:35.717-07:002015-04-05T09:42:35.717-07:00I could ask my friend Євген if something about Rid...I could ask my friend Євген if something about Riddles has a special appeal to the Ukrainian psyche, but I have certain doubts about that explanation.<br /><br />There's a lot of shady комп'ютер stuff that goes on in Ukraine, as in Russia; you've prob'ly got a case of what's called "referrer spam." <br /><br />Either that or it's all part of the cosmic unconsciousness or something and I've set something off in the global antakarana, because I have not (yet) sent out any emails to Ukrainian friends saying, Гей, хлопці, подивіться на цей блог!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460254031729129002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-26399434192024026052015-04-05T08:55:56.082-07:002015-04-05T08:55:56.082-07:00Perhaps the NSA is responsible.
~<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0SDwPowNS4M/VSFayVJQ9gI/AAAAAAAAP_8/u1p549ZbOl8/s1600/Blogger_ifthethunderdontgetya%E2%84%A2%C2%B3%C2%B2%C2%AE%C2%A9_-_Audience_stats_-_2015-04-05_11.53.37.png.jpg" rel="nofollow">Perhaps the NSA is responsible</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com