Call me pot if you like it, but do not put me in the stove / Hot’ gorshkom nazovi, tol’ko v pechku ne stav’ (Engl.: Sticks and stones break my bones, but names will never hurt me): a paradox or a regularity governing naming?
https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2021-83-3-97-102
Abstract
The paper addresses the issue of establishing the naming motive reflected in the Russian saying which is well-known in colloquial language, national fiction, and journalism. The existing common and scientific interpretations of the saying are critically examined. The historical and lexicological analysis of the use of the word gorshok (engl. pot) in Russian written manuscripts, folk subdialects, and lexicographic sources enables the author to reveal the reasons why the lexeme was included in the saying. Taking into account the syntactic structure of the saying and the function of the conjunction hot’ (engl. though), an attempt is made to adequately interpret the meaning and motive for this nominating.
About the Author
A. V. Barandeev
Moscow Branch of the Russian Geographical Society
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Barandeev, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), university lecturer, chairman of the Toponymic commission
Moscow
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Barandeev A.V. Call me pot if you like it, but do not put me in the stove / Hot’ gorshkom nazovi, tol’ko v pechku ne stav’ (Engl.: Sticks and stones break my bones, but names will never hurt me): a paradox or a regularity governing naming? Russian language at school. 2022;83(3):97-102. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2021-83-3-97-102
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