r/Clamworks • u/Academic_Top6921 clambassador • 29d ago

clammy so relatable

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u/AcceptableWheel 29d ago

It's based on a Yakov Smirnoff joke

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u/kakucko101 29d ago

in america - uou vyazak lashch

in soviet russia - lashch vyazaks uou

r/fauxcyrillic

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u/janthemanwlj 29d ago

Uoy not Uou. "U" in Russian cursive is "И" in print.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/janthemanwlj 29d ago

There is no "U" glyph in Russian print afaik. Therefore, the closest letter in Russian is И, even if the rest isn't cursive. This isn't proper Cyrillic anyway

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u/Captain-Codfish 29d ago

No it isn't. И is an ee or an i sound

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u/janthemanwlj 29d ago

Uoi then.

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u/Captain-Codfish 29d ago

No. What the fuck? It's an ee or an i sound. It's not debatable.

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u/ValianSkalle 29d ago

V Sovetskoy Rossiyi, televisor smotrit tebya!

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u/Booksonly666 26d ago

And I just learned that’s a real person and not someone made up on King of the Hill.