Subj : Old stuff
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Sat Feb 26 2022 21:52:39

Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  In my example I used "head" & "body" in a general 
AH>  sense... 

AK>  Probably I forgot about the general sense.


          Perhaps because it's not something we use often.  :-)



AK>  So, in Russia we say that the palm itches in the 
AK>  salary day. Correct? 


          I know what you mean because an "itchy palm" has very much the same connotations in English & I think it's entirely appropriate to refer to it in the general sense here because many people have been in situations where e.g. they got paid at the end of the month... the same day the rent was due... and found it challenging to "make ends meet" the last few days before then.  :-))

          IMHO you made a good start with a parallelism... i.e. an idea which for native speakers who don't understand the grammar appears to be a mystery. But I know I can count on my Russian friends to understand the grammar, and I see you've grown beyond question #4 in the textbook.  I've found prepositions quite a challenge in other languages I've studied, so I can assure you you're not alone.  In English, when we're referring to a particular day, we say "on" rather than "in".  Easter Sunday, e.g., will be on April 17th this year... by our calendar.  Question: I notice that the Orthodox Palm Sunday occurs a week later than ours, and the Orthodox Pascha occurs a week later than our Easter. How do Orthodox churches calculate such dates & does "Pascha" +/- = "Easter"? I'm aware of phrases such as "paschal lamb" but can't quite connect the dots.
     
          Anyway, I think I know what you mean by "the salary day" too... and while I'm reluctant to interefere with a nice parallism I must point out that where I come from it's usually called "payday" to minimize class distinctions between salaried employees & those who are paid by the hour.  In general we'd say "payday" without using either the definite or indefinite article....  :-Q




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