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| Russian region bans foul language | |
| 2004-10-01 | |
Police in Russia's western Belgorod region are imposing fines on people who swear in public - and local officials say the campaign is very popular. The officials say young people have been minding their language since the ban was introduced in July. Any person caught uttering profanities in public can face fines of up to $50. The authorities have launched anti-swearing poster competitions, TV ads and comics in their campaign to clean up the Russian language. "We want Russian to remain as pure as in the great classics," said Valentina Trunova, deputy head of Belgorod's department of youth affairs.
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| Posted by:Aris Katsaris |
| #17 The Army sent one of my brothers through Russian Language School at Monterey. He said that the last class before graduation was a six week study of Russian profanity so that the linguists would recognize what they were hearing in the intercepts. He said that the Russians had some of the most creative, depraved and mentally challenging epithets imaginable. His favorite expression, often applied to high ranking officers, translated loosely to: "He farts wider than his a**h***" |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-10-01 6:55:12 PM |
| #16 Ãîëüøîå ñïà ñèáî, TGA The russian looks ok on compose, but it gets all mixed up when on preview.... bolshoye spacivuh, TGA It's all Cyrillic to me, Seafarious. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-01 6:42:36 PM |
| #15 *Lächeln* |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-10-01 6:31:02 PM |
| #14 We'll be good now, ok? Вас красит улыбка (A smile becomes you) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 6:15:24 PM |
| #13 Meh. It's all Greek to me. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-10-01 6:12:16 PM |
| #12 Приятно это слышать! Вы хорошо переводите! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 5:59:06 PM |
| #11 Seafarious does have a nice sense of humor, TGA. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-01 5:53:37 PM |
| #10 Seafarious: У вас хорошее чувство юмора! And this was nice :-) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 5:31:43 PM |
| #9 *scratches head* Dunno if y'all are committing moderatable offenses, or not. *shrugs* Carry on. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-10-01 5:21:22 PM |
| #8 tebye tozhe, grasshoppa |
| Posted by: Sui Xuiv Chai 2004-10-01 5:17:32 PM |
| #7 Hooy na ny! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 4:18:49 PM |
| #6 But I thought the Russian language consisted entirely of curse words. As for TGA, better not let your Mom hear you talkin' like that!. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-10-01 4:14:52 PM |
| #5 bleen! |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-01 2:43:51 PM |
| #4 There is no better language for profanity; it's too bad. They've got their priorities mixed up, though. Cheating is the norm in schools there, not the exception, as are fooling government, manipulating the system, blackmail and black markets. Guess they're starting with the littlest problems first? |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-10-01 2:43:02 PM |
| #3 Zhopu porvu margala vikoliu! Idi nyuhai plavki! Ti liubesh papeenu pees'ku sassat'! Hooy tebe v zhopu! And NO, don't ask for a translation! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-01 2:36:57 PM |
| #2 Rugattel'stva ne horoshi! Bad words not good! |
| Posted by: Ivan Grozny 2004-10-01 2:29:38 PM |
#1 Russian region bans foul languageThey can't talk about chickens and ducks? :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-01 2:28:03 PM |