Issue 4279. Last Updated: 11/20/2009

Getting All Bent Out of Shape

By Michele A. Berdy
have to admit that my ears perked up the other day when I heard Prime Minister Vladimir Putin say: “ … ó íàñ â íàðîäå åñòü òàêîå íå î÷åíü ëèòåðàòóðíîå ñëîâî … ” (Our people have a word that isn’t exactly standard literary language … ). Oh, boy. Time for another Russian lesson.

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