Help me figure out the spelling of these?

Careuh	Oct 19, 11, 20:05 #1
My Aunt used to say these things all the time and I never did figure out the spelling of them from her, was hoping you guys could help me! I am doing my best at spelling them by how they are prounounced. Sidney Doolie? Shootie Mollyoshka? Yashush Maria? Yoiga Mini? Boysha Moi?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Oct 19, 11, 20:47 #2
Careuh: Yashush Maria? here is your starter: jesus maria ... yay-zoos- maria

catsoldierThreads: 90 Posts: 697 Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂	Oct 19, 11, 21:44 #3
Careuh: Boysha Moi? Boisz mi?

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,395 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 19, 11, 22:14 #4
=Careuh]Shootie Mollyoshka? Careuh: Boysha Moi? Was your auntie Russian? I am afraid you have picked the wrong forum. Just google Russian forum, there are plenty of them.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Oct 19, 11, 22:28 #5
Careuh: Doolie if that were 'dolly' we might get closer to the whole phrase. i think these were said so long ago that the OP has forgotten the true sound.

scottie1113Threads: 11 Posts: 873 Joined: Mar 13, 07 ♂	Oct 19, 11, 23:38 #6
Careuh: Boysha Moi? maybe Boze moj? my God?

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Oct 19, 11, 23:56 #7

=scottie1113]Careuh:
Boysha Moi?

maybe Boze moj? my God?

Exactly. This is Russian, as I said before.

Bozhe" (Боже) is the way in old Russian language god was called. In contemporaty Russian it's "бог" [bog].
But in some idiomas it's still used old-style way, because this word combination is very old
"Moi" (мой) - my for male, singular
So, it equals to English Oh, my God!, but literally it would be more correct to say
О, боже мой! (which is also in use, but not that often, as just боже мой version).

Read more: What is the English translation of the Russian phrase, "bozhe moi"? | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1143102#ixzz1bGdJRKQI

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Edited by: boletus Oct 20, 11, 00:36 #8

pawian:

is the way in old Russian language god was called

This interpretation seems very strange to me. The Russian "Bozhe" and Polish "Boże" are just vocative cases of Bog (Bóg). The difference is in order of words in these two equivalent expressions:
Bozhe moi!
Mój Boże! But I have also heard it used as "Boże mój".
Even uncle Google knows that. :-)

Careuh: Did not you know how to use type recorder back then, before she died?

Added:
The vocative case is lost in modern Russian, but it is still retained in special circumstances. See this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocative_case#Historical_vocative

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,395 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Oct 20, 11, 00:39 #9
=boletus]he difference is in order of words in these two equivalent expressions: It seems crucial to me, especially combined with this one: =Careuh]Shootie Mollyoshka?

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Edited by: boletus Oct 20, 11, 00:47 #10
pawian Shootie Mollyoshka? I agree with you that this sounds Russian, or generally Ruthenian. But Polish has also a diminutive word "maluszku!" or "maluśki, maluśka" - if this is what "Mollyoshka" supposes to approximate. But I have no idea what "shootie" may mean. Maluśki, maluśki, maluśki kieby renkawicka - from a Polish Highlanders Carol

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Oct 20, 11, 01:36 #11

boletus:

Shootie Mollyoshka?

This is a long shot. Using Polish transliteration: "Szczo ty maluśka?", or "Szo ty maluśka?". This would literally mean "What you little one" (speaking to a girl). "Szczo" or "szo" would indicate either Ukrainian or Russian language, definitely not Polish.

There is however a Polish equivalent expression - "Co ty malutka". It is hard to explain its meaning, so I'll give some examples:
Co ty malutka, nie bój się, nikt nie zobaczy!
Co ty malutka, ja jestem niegroźny!
Ej, no co ty malutka, jakoś to będzie!
In all three examples there are some sexual or patronizing overtones. But it does not have to be read this way if the girl is actually a little one. It may be a sort of invitation to further conversation or a game.

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