Game "Synonym"

[Mary May]

I remember...

Sometimes (quite often, actually) I feel like I'm not from here - (almost) no shared memories...

[Juliemiracle]

I feel like I'm not from here

Not from Russia?

[Mary May]

Juliemiracle, I said, "feel like". Because surely I am - I am local.
Just the name (Maria Kisrlyova?) doesn't ring a bell to me. And neither do many others.
Just bad memory, maybe?

[QwestDay]

Mary May, I don't believe you've never heard about TV program "Слабое звено". Personally, I don't remember who Maria Kiseleva is too, but the program was quite popular.

[Juliemiracle]

Mary May,
I think it all really depends on the age, the background of a person and many other factors. For instance, I didn't use to watch a lot of films as a child, so I haven't seen many Russian films that are considered to be 'our treasure trove' or saw them when I was an adult. Thus, every time my colleagues start discussing those films/quotes, I feel like I'm from Mars.

[Eager Beaver]

I don't believe you've never heard about TV program "Слабое звено". Personally, I don't remember who Maria Kiseleva is too, but the program was quite popular.

She has three Olympic golds in artistic swimming and because of "Слабое звено" on Channel One Russia she was like a household name back in the early 2000s.

[Mary May]

QwestDay, I have to disappoint (?) you, but I've hardly heard of it. And definitely haven't watched it.
Juliemiracle,
Yes. I remember (yes, I do remember something), I was taking an online quizz - sth like, "Is Russian your mother tongue?" And I'd been doing quite well while it'd been all abt language and classics and until they turned to quotes from films that everyone born here is supposed to know...
Well, I failed the test and was exposed as a spy "понаехавший".
Yet, I do believe that my Russian is... quite decent.

I feel like I'm from Mars.

Sounds familiar ))

Eager Beaver,
Not in my household, obviously )

[Eager Beaver]

Mary May,
I think it all really depends on the age, the background of a person and many other factors. For instance, I didn't use to watch a lot of films as a child, so I haven't seen many Russian films that are considered to be 'our treasure trove' or saw them when I was an adult. Thus, every time my colleagues start discussing those films/quotes, I feel like I'm from Mars.

I, too, sometimes feel left out when my friends discuss movies. However, a couple of minutes into the discussion and I get to realize that I haven't missed anything by not watching. :)

[Eager Beaver]

"Is Russian your mothet tongue?"

There is a huge cultural reference body that most typical Russians are supposed to know. This is what is used in the test similar to the one you took. I can assure you, you are not alone (I've been pigeonholed as понаехавший too). I haven't watched a single episode of Дом 1-2-N and when someone mentions Не родись красивой, the only thing that springs to mind is this Finnish polka. :)

[tourist]

quotes from films that everyone born here is supposed to know...

I, too, sometimes feel left out when my friends discuss movies

Дом 1-2-N

Hype is a great marketing tool..
that's why all those poor schmucks are trying to master English
by reading Harry Potter and watching "Friends"
as their main source of knowledge ))

[Eager Beaver]

that's why all those poor schmucks are trying to master English
by reading Harry Potter and watching "Friends"
as their main source of knowledge ))

And I can't but approve of their choice. ))

[tourist]

I wanted to highlight main source, then thought better of it.
Anyway, people are weak .. that's why marking shticks work )

[Juliemiracle]

tuck into

[QwestDay]

Dig in

[Mary May]

to clean one's plate (up)//
clean (up) one's plate

[Juliemiracle]

gorge yourself on sth

[QwestDay]

Gulp

[Eager Beaver]

gobble

[QwestDay]

Eat out

[Eager Beaver]

shovel (food into your mouth)

[Easy-Breezy English]

О, Eager Beaver, наконец-то. Игра резко теряет смысл...

[Juliemiracle]

eat sth up

[Easy-Breezy English]

chow down

[Juliemiracle]

gobble

Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins :)

[QwestDay]

Consume