Re: Me Ugly Mug (jara: Yer Ugly Mug is open for business!)

 --- Pavel Iosad skrzypszy:

> I was also rather taken aback at yer mug :-)
>
> Perhaps it's that striped shirt? In Russia, it's part of the sailors'
> uniform, and is often associated with the lower classes. In fact, the
> stereotype is that if you see one in a 'matroska', he's probably drunk,
> or either a sailor (though these are not really mutually exclusive). I
> don't think anyone here would expect to see someone from beyond the Iron
> Curtain in a 'matroska'... (Yitzik: It's also called "tel'nyashka")
Hehe. And that impression might even be strengthened by the fact that I smoke
tobacco :)) . But here in the Netherlands neither my shirt nor my tobacco are
considered typical lower-class attributes. In fact, we don't have much of a
class-distinction at all here.
Anyway, let me assure you that the rest of me (not visible on the picture) is
quite un-sailor-like: I don't drink (well, a beer from time to time, but I
never drink myself into complete oblivion); I am terribly lazy when it comes to
physical labour, and as a result I have considerably more belly than muscles;
and my language is quite a bit more academic than that of the average sailor.

 --- Isaac Penzev skrzypszy:

> I think, Mit'ki movement contributed much to such kind of image. But
> certainly it's true to some extent.
I'm afraid I need some enlightening on the Mit'ki movement. Never heard of the
guys. :(

Jan

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