How Good is a Russian Not Bad?
Language specialists have been having a grand time with the phrase “not bad,” trying to determine how it measures up on the Good-O-Meter with the Russian word неплохо (not bad).
Episode 56 of the The Word's Worth podcast, hosted by The Moscow Times, titled "How Good is a Russian Not Bad?" was published on November 7, 2018 and runs 6 minutes.
November 7, 2018 ·6m · The Word's Worth
Summary
Language specialists have been having a grand time with the phrase “not bad,” trying to determine how it measures up on the Good-O-Meter with the Russian word неплохо (not bad).
Episode Description
In The Russian Word’s Worth, Michele Berdy deciphers and translates великий могучий — the great and powerful — Russian language.
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