>>>>Multiple variations of "Ни хренa себе!" in Russian. No religion involved.
>>>>:-)
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>>>What's "хрен"?
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>>Well, this is the politically correct replacement of well-known 3-letter word. :)
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http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD&st_translate=1>>All interested can also see the equivalents in English and other languages in that linked page.
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>>It is also the horseradish in Russian.
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>I almost figured it out - we'd say "рен". Such is the fate of the aitch sound across languages, it's mostly omitted or just serves others, rarely stands for itself, though we sometimes call wieners "хреновке".
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>Good dictionary! May help me get my rusty Russian back in sync.
BTW,
http://www.yandex.ru/ is a search engine, practically just as good as Google, especially for the information from Russian sources.
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