russian-and-soviet-cinema: laziestgirlintown:nathleeng: jubi-liana:russian-and-soviet-cinema:The Pos
russian-and-soviet-cinema: laziestgirlintown:nathleeng: jubi-liana:russian-and-soviet-cinema:The Post: I present you Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the Soviet ethnographer who deciphered the Mayan writing system!The Comment Section: and who is this dude holding him? I just need to add: @karinrebloggardjur Librarian, can’t leave this hanging:Wikipedia says Aspid, no further infoThen I found this article which might be biased and poorly translated and possibly propaganda or all sorts of things idk AND/OR very interesting linguistically BUT: In Russian language snakes of Elapidae family are referred to as “Aspids“ (Аспиды), and Aspid is the singular form of the word. So yeah, the kitty is a venomous snake by name. ‘Asya‘ is a nickname derived by shortening the full name, but also a common shortening for the female name Anastasiya which makes it sound even more gentle and funny. :) Thank you for adding! Further linguistic thoughts from this -Russian ‘aspid’ for venomous snakes; 'asp’ the word classically used in English for the snake that killed Cleopatra (if it did, etc); 'äsping’ Swedish word for female adder snake. (Aside from that I love how Russian makes nicknames.) -- source link
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