Russian Cellphone jargon (as "provincial")

[Anne Lounsbery]

I'm curious about the use of the term "provincial" in the discussion of cell
phone jargon.  What exactly do people see as the connotations of calling
something (a locution, a behavior, whatever) "provintsial'nyi" in
contemporary Russian context?   Is it perceived to have have anything to do
with geography really, or not?

As in:

>>"It's colloquial and slightly sloppy, if I may put it like that, but not
expressly provincial."

If anyone has thoughts on this I'd appreciate hearing them off-list at
anne.lounsbery at nyu.edu.  Thanks.



Anne Lounsbery
Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Study
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
New York University
19 University Place, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003

(212) 998-8674

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