[Sca-cooks] Thank You
King's Taste Productions
kingstaste at comcast.net
Tue Apr 17 19:32:51 PDT 2007
Thanks to Mistress Kiri, here is the most detailed and erudite answer I
received. (If you are truly interested to see the image of the card, email
me and I will send it to you)
Christianna
Hello!
Yes, that's a Christmas card, to Lidia; I can't make out the rest of the
handwriting at a cursory glance. The card itself dates probably from the
early 1900's, possibly *slightly* earlier; one of the letters used, and how
it's used, was stricken from the Cyrillic Alphabet in about 1912 or
thereabouts. That's the short answer...
The long answer is: The Russian style is to 'congratulate' you on the
occurrence of whatever holiday; in Russian, it's "I congratulate you with
(insert holiday)." This is generally shortened to "with + (insert
holiday)," leaving the congratulations implied. In Russian, Christmas is
literally the "Birth of Christ," transliterated "Rozhdestvo Khristosa."
This one uses an older, more "church-style" word for Christ, and (using the
"with X" formula above) puts the whole thing into instrumental case (as is
proper for Russian): "S Rozhdestvom Khristovym." The written bit is,
literally, "I congratulate you, Lidia (in memory of the albumist)
-[signed]". Lidia is in a familiar form, so I'd guess it's from a parent,
grandparent, or otherwise close family member.
Hope this helps! If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.
S Uvazheniem (Respectfully),
--Mikhail Novgorodets
Russian, Barony of Lochmere
(MKA Michael Suggs, Russian Linguist)
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Carol Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Thank You
So what was it? Now you've left US hanging!
Laughing regards,
Brekke
>From: "King's Taste Productions" <kingstaste at comcast.net>
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>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Thank You
>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:58:23 -0400
>
>The Russian Christmas Card puzzle has been solved. Many thanks to the
>outpouring of knowledge, what a great group ;)
>
>Christianna
>
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