Talk:Belarusian Marseillaise

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"the dub"

Does this mean to say "the nickname" or some such? A "dub" in English can mean several things, but does not have the meaning of "the name with which someone has been dubbed." The most common meaning is a type of Jamaican music in which the lyrics have been stripped off of a backing track so that a toastmaster can "dub" his own words over it. It can also mean words that have been recorded over the original of something (as in "the film looked OK, but the dub was lousy"). Probably other things I'm not thinking of, too, but not this. But am I right about what was meant? - Jmabel | Talk 20:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, primarily intended to mean "nickname", but not exactly. What I wanted was a touch of "elevated by nicknaming", "high-style nickname" semantics, too. ---Yury Tarasievich 08:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any great suggestions; "title of honor" suggests something more formal. But "the dub" is definitely not going to have this connotation for a native speaker. Maybe 'From the late 1980s through early 1990s, Belarusian national activists honored to the song "Pahonya" by calling it the "Belarusian Marseillaise"'?

Also, do I understand correctly that this is about two unrelated songs? It's not completely apparent from how this is worded. - Jmabel | Talk 16:38, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Right, two different songs, one... what? Honoured isn't It, too. ---Yury Tarasievich 21:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]