What does "уииииии" mean? Is it an extended acronym?
For example here (http://risovach.ru/upload/2014/08/mem/filosoraptor_58953516_orig_.jpg):
or here (http://demotivatori.net/sozdanije/posters2/b04a316a10e7e609a6d0c7de158451be.png):
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In what context? And no, it is not an acronym.– user31264Nov 28, 2015 at 8:33
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1For example, risovach.ru/upload/2014/08/mem/filosoraptor_58953516_orig_.jpg– rickhg12hsNov 28, 2015 at 8:46
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Or, demotivatori.net/sozdanije/posters2/…– rickhg12hsNov 28, 2015 at 8:47
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Or any of the occurrences of these Facebook hashtags. m.facebook.com/hashtag/…– rickhg12hsNov 28, 2015 at 8:53
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1This is the most hillarious question in Russian SE section!– user1514Nov 29, 2015 at 18:42
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"уииииии" it's just the sound that you issue being crowded emotions when sliding down the snow slides or water slides, or something like that. Or when you get for something big, long expected, an awesome thing or event.
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The simplicity and truth of this answer tempts me to select it as the answer. It describes what it is and when/why it is used. Dec 1, 2015 at 0:47
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A native speaker also liked this description, adding "... or when you get a long expected drink )" Dec 1, 2015 at 0:48
Would this not simply be a calque of the English word "whee!" ?
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I'm no linguist and had never heard of a "calque" before, though I have noticed examples of them. Perhaps listening to a calque is all that is required to understand it. Nov 30, 2015 at 18:15
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1@rickhg12hs: that's not a calque, that's a loanword. A loanword is borrowed from another language as is: офис < "office", кроль < "crawl" etc. A calque is a root-for-root translation: небоскрёб < "skyscraper", тяни-толкай < "push-pull" etc.– Quassnoi ♦Nov 30, 2015 at 21:59
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@rickhg12hs: it's an onomatopoeia (звукоподражание), its meaning is defined by its sound, it has no meaning distinct from its sound. An example of PSM in Russian would be рында ("ship's bell") < рынду бей < "ring the bell", the word рында having been extant with another meaning in Russian by the time рынду бей had been borrowed.– Quassnoi ♦Nov 30, 2015 at 22:27
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@Quassnoi Again, I'm no expert, but aren't onomatopoeias referring to something concrete and specific, like "meow", etc. Did Russians borrow this from English, or did Russians create "уииииии" independently? Nov 30, 2015 at 22:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds31EJ2cXPQ - "уииииии" is sound effect like in this video
The same as Whee! in English.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whee http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whee
Means nothing in Russian.
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If it means nothing in Russian, would it be accurate to say that they are speaking English for this word? Nov 30, 2015 at 17:49
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Yes. This is just a ways to transcribe English expression with Russian letters.– InitKNov 30, 2015 at 18:01
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