Cultural Specifics

When I write the word “cheap” in Russian, the first choice that the spell-check offers to compliment it is “prostitutes.”

In Ukrainian, it gives me “airplane tickets” and “hotels.”

In English, “cheap” is followed by “manipulators” but that because I use the expression a lot.

12 thoughts on “Cultural Specifics

  1. You are really good at this.

    May God grant that all the nations of Ukraine and Russia (and the U.S.!) have a just peace, free from the Satanic oligarchs and their pet eunuchs who seek to rule us.

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      1. No you aren’t.

        Though I wish the Cubans, Venezuelans and North Koreans could be free from the monstrous powers that rule them as well.

        What kind of decent woman would not want that for the people of any nation?*

        (*I can do it too, albeit clumsily)

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        1. “free from the monstrous powers that rule them as well”

          I would too if I believed that’s what they want, but… look at russians, they were freed from the monstrous powers that ruled them in the USSR and 20 years later they were happily under the yoke again…

          You can’t just wish freedom on people, they have to want it… (as perhaps Iranians do right now…)

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  2. Two posts that complete each other – btw, hope Iranians change their horrible regime, would’ve been great news both for them and for me, the best present:

    “Π‘ Новым СврСйским Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ, с Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ‹ΠΌ СврСйским ΡΡ‡Π°ΡΡ‚ΡŒΠ΅ΠΌ.
    .
    Π’ России – Π½Ρƒ Π²Ρ‹ сами Π·Π½Π°Π΅Ρ‚Π΅.

    А Π² Π˜Ρ€Π°Π½Π΅ – ΠΊΡ€ΡƒΠΏΠ½Π΅ΠΉΡˆΠΈΠ΅ бСспорядки со Π²Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΉ Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡŽΡ†ΠΈΠΈ. Если армия Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠΈΡ‚ Ρ€Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΌ, Π²Π»Π°ΡΡ‚ΡŒ аятолл ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅Ρ‚ ΡΠ»Π΅Ρ‚Π΅Ρ‚ΡŒ.

    И Π² ΠšΠΈΡ‚Π°Π΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ-Ρ‚ΠΎ мутняк, говорят

    ΠŸΠΎΡ…ΠΎΠΆΠ΅, Клио наскучили 6 мСсяцСв Π²ΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… сводок ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡ΠΈΠ»Π° ΡƒΡΠΊΠΎΡ€Π΅Π½Π½ΡƒΡŽ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΊΡƒ.”

    And the suitable painting:

    ΠΏΡƒΡ‚Π΅ΡˆΠ΅ΡΡ‚Π²ΠΈΠ΅ Нильса с Ρ‡Π΅Ρ€Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ лСбСдями

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    1. Of course, it would be great if the Iran regime fell. They’ve been helping Russians, sending drones. Now they are murdering their own citizens. Incredible bastards.

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  3. Π”.ΠšΠ»ΠΈΡ„Ρ„ΠΎΡ€Π΄ Π² “ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π΅” Π›ΠΈΡ„ΡˆΠΈΡ†Π°
    .
    Нас ΠΎΡΡ‚Π°Π²Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡŒ пятСро
    Π’ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ·Π³Π»ΠΎΠΌ Π±Π»ΠΈΠ½Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅.
    КомандованьС спятило.
    И Π΄Ρ€Π°ΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡƒΠΆΠ΅.
    ΠœΡ‹ ΠΈΠ· консСрвной Π±Π°Π½ΠΊΠΈ
    По ΠΊΡ€ΡƒΠ³Ρƒ ΠΏΠΈΠ»ΠΈ виски,
    Π£Π½ΠΈΡ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈ Π±Π»Π°Π½ΠΊΠΈ,
    ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ‹, ΠΊΠ°Ρ€Ρ‚Ρ‹, списки,
    И, ΠΎΡ‚Π΄Π°Π»Π΅Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ ΡΠ»Ρ‹ΡˆΠ° Π±ΠΎΠΉ,
    Π― β€” ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΊΠΈΠΉ Ρ€Π°Π± господСн β€”
    Π’ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π²Ρ‹Π΅ Π±Ρ‹Π» самим собой,
    Π’ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π²Ρ‹Π΅ Π±Ρ‹Π» свободСн!
    Π― Π±Ρ‹Π» свободСн, Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΡ‚ Π±ΠΎΠ³,
    ΠžΡ‚ всСх сомнСний ΠΈ Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ³,
    МСня ΠΏΠΎΠΉΠΌΠ°Π²ΡˆΠΈΡ… Π² сСти,
    Π― Π±Ρ‹Π» свободСн, Ρ‡Π΅Ρ€Ρ‚ возьми,
    ΠžΡ‚ вашСй суСтной Π²ΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΈ
    И ΠΎΡ‚ всСго Π½Π° свСтС!..
    Π― ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π°Π±ΡƒΠ΄Ρƒ ΠΌΠΎΠΊΡ€Ρ‹ΠΉ лСс,
    И Ρ‚ΠΎΡ‚ рассвСт, β€” ΠΎΠ½ Π±Ρ‹Π» бСлСс, β€”
    И ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΡ€Π΅Π΄ΡŒ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ·Ρ€Π°Ρ‡Π½Ρ‹Ρ… стволов
    ВСкло людскоС мСсиво,
    Но Π½Π΅ Π·Π°Π±ΡƒΠ΄Ρƒ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°,
    Как ΠΌΡ‹ срывали ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄Π°,
    Как Π² Π±Π»ΠΈΠ½Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ‹ ΠΆΠ³Π»ΠΈ,
    Как всС ΠΊΡ€ΡƒΡˆΠΈΠ»ΠΈ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ,
    И ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π°ΠΌ Π±Ρ‹Π»ΠΎ вСсСло!

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