Maslom pomazat'

[Alina Israeli]

>My understanding of Esli by ne X, da maslom pomazat' is that the basic
>thing (food implied) is good, if only you could get rid of X (here idei
>Marksa) and put a little butter on it.

There was no NE. Think of it as of wishful thinking act: esli by vody da
pobol'she... Without NE it is not clear what object should be smeered with
butter. In Khrushchev's wishful thinking, if only one could spread some
butter on the ideas of Masx...

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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
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Washington, DC 20016

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