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

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 1, 2003, 7:12
 --- 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 ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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