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English translation: Widespread public rumours

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Lithuanian term or phrase:	Ilgą laiką sklandę vieši gandai
English translation:	Widespread public rumours
Entered by:	Olga Prisekina-Olrichs

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13:10 Sep 16, 2010

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Lithuanian term or phrase: Ilgą laiką sklandę vieši gandai

Ilgą laiką sklandę vieši gandai

Olga Prisekina-Olrichs KudoZ activity Questions: 804 (7 open) (1 without valid answers) (33 closed without grading) Answers: 121 Netherlands
Local time: 15:51

Widespread public rumours

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Diana_K
Local time: 14:51

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aciu!
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Summary of answers provided

[widespread] ongoing rumour(s), persistent rumour(s)

Valters Feists

4 +1

Widespread public rumours

Diana_K

Long-circulating public rumours

Gintautas Kaminskas

long-lasting rumors

Leonardas

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peer agreement (net): +1

Widespread public rumours

Explanation:
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Diana_K
Local time: 14:51
Works in field
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Lithuanian
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

aciu!

5 mins confidence:

long-lasting rumors

Explanation:
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Leonardas
Local time: 16:51
PRO pts in category: 16

6 mins confidence:

Long-circulating public rumours

Explanation:
Ilgą laiką sklandę = long-circulating

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Lithuanian
PRO pts in category: 32

3 hrs confidence:

[widespread] ongoing rumour(s), persistent rumour(s)

Explanation:
First of all, most rumour is by definition public, thus making the word "public" quite redundant... It seems "widespread" may make the original author's point better.

"Ongoing rumour(s)", "persistent rumour(s)" seem more popular on English speaking countries' websites and news outlets; more popular than "long-lasting/circulating rumour(s)".

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rumour or rumour (US) n. ['ruːməʳ] rumours [..]
1. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; Synonyms: hearsay. 2. A particular story, spread by word of mouth: “there is a rumour circulating about you.” [..]
[ via http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/index.html?servi... ]

Example sentence(s):

"Persistent rumour" [..] The Russian writer Pushkin gave the rumour credibility in his story Mozart and Salieri, written in 1830 -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/717970.stm
The ongoing rumours over New Kids on the Block regrouping will come to a head this week - with all five members appearing together on NBC's Today Show this Friday. http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/12153-new-kids-on-the-block-rumours-intensify

Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/persistent
Reference: http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/index.html?servi...

Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 16:51
Native speaker of:

Latvian
PRO pts in category: 4

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