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Слон (elephant)

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@nozhka Thank you for answer.
is it same in Belarus too?

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@Utku1010 I don't think kids play games like that nowadays. This is an old game from USSR times.

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@nozhka I see

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@nozhka isn't it interesting that this type of traditional children's game is so universal and present in almost every corner of the world? I've always wondered how they spread. or maybe minds of children develop the same games, unaware of each other, just like how people discovered the fire or invented the wheel independently

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@Utku1010 Answering your question about Belarus...
I played it once)...when I went to a summer camp as a child. Someone knew this game and told us the rules when we were thinking about what else to play. And we played it one time. Luckily no one got hurt))
I had never heard of this game before that day and never heard of it or played it after that day, though.

PS Of course, I, being a little girl, only jumped to the top😂

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@Utku1010
PPS I’ve just googled it and found out from the very first link that this game is still being played. Although it doesn't surprise me that it’s not popular at all - it’s too traumatic. I don't know about the Soviet era, maybe it was popular back then.

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@Tati801 haha didn't know any girls were into this game. agree that it's too traumatic. among young boys it can get too extreme. I'm glad it's going obsolete)

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I remember in my childhood we played this game, it is called Chikharda, it seems to be a turkic name, there are many turkisms in russian

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@HasanL чехарда is "leapfrog", it's a similar game, a less torturing version of it :)) it can be Turkic yeah, probably related to "çıkmak" ~ подниматься, "çık arda" - вскочи, поднимай на спину

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@Tati801 ‎btw could you answer this question? I'm curious about your opinion https://hinative.com/questions/20917878?locale=...

23 Jan 2022

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@Utku1010 In our mixed team, girls were jumping at the end - tactic matters)) So my goal was to jump as far as I could so that the other girls jumping after me had a place to land behind me (that was important for the team)...and didn’t end up on top of me (that was important for me😆). I didn’t have to hold anyone’s weight, so for me it was only fun. No hard feelings left))) And I weighted next-to-nothing, so I hope no one had hard feelings because of me😅.

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23 Jan 2022

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@Utku1010 Hah You chose the right person to ask😏))
I normally ignore this type of questions. I'm not into swearing. Not my style)) I _definitely have a negative attitude towards it. So my opinion on that question: Why would you care? Forget it!).

I can share a piece of information with you, though. There are people in Belarus who have some Polish roots, especially in western Belarus, or just live close to the Polish border, so they might use isolated Polish words (hopefully not that one😑), but it's very rare.

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