pol'ka-babochka

[Goloviznin Konstantin]

There is a phrase "He who pays also order a music". That's just a possible 
form to express this idea but with polka-babochka. From another hand, the 
word polka-babochka has no special meaning - it was let out by occasion - 
IMHO. And finally, from the third side, this word just looks to be 
tongue-sweet thing (то, что называется "для красного словца" ) for a 
russianspeaking - IMHO too.

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From: "John Dunn" <J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK>
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Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:47 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] pol'ka-babochka


> At a meeting held recently to discuss the (re-)writing of history 
> President Putin is reported to have said:
>
> 'многие учебники пишут люди, которые работают за иностранные гранты. Так 
> они исполняют польку-бабочку, которую заказывают те, кто платит' [mnogie 
> uchebniki pishut ljudi, kotorye rabotajut za inostrannye granty.  Tak oni 
> ispolnjajut pol'ku-babochku, kotoruju zakazyvajut te, kto platit] 
> (http://www.ej.ru/?a=note&id=7194)
>
> Leaving aside for the purposes of this list the merits of this 
> observation, I weuld be grateful if someone could explain why, 
> specifically, a pol'ka-babochka.
>
> John Dunn.
>
>
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