Differences between Russian spoken in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

[Svetlana Grenier]

It used to be that in SPb they called a monthly bus/streetcar/trolleybus 
ticket (for one of them or all together) "kartochka", and in Moscow, 
"proezdnoi".  I don't know if this difference still obtains.  As far as 
baton and bulka, it is not the question of the shape of the bread but of 
its color: all white bread is called bulka in SPb and belyi khleb in Moscow.
Best,
Svetlana

Slivkin, Yevgeniy A. wrote:

>Thank you Tatyana. Of course, baton vs. bulka and pod'ezd vs. paradnoe. How could I forget!
>
>Regards,
>
>Yevgeny
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>Hello,
>Generally, people say it's bordiur in Moscow, hence the joke which I encountered several times:
>Gde-to v raione Bologogo est' mesto, gde bordiur plavno perekhodit v porebrik.
>Other examples:
>Bulka in St. Petersburg and baton in Moscow (baton belogo). Paradnoe in SPb, pod'ezd in Moscow.
>Regards,
>Tatyana
>
>11.05.09, 21:05, "Slivkin, Yevgeniy A." <slivkin at OU.EDU>:
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>>Dear All,
>>Could any one give me a few examples of the differences between Russian spoken in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Differences such as phrasing (not phonetics). As far as I remember in Moscow people say десятый автобус, пятый автобус (desiatyi avtobus, piatyi avtobus), in Petersburg - десятка автобуса, пятерка автобуса (desiatka avtobusa, piaterka avtobusa); In Moscow a curb is called бровка( brovka), in Petersburg - поребрик (porebrik). Anything else?
>>Thank you in advance.
>>Yevgeny Slivkin, Ph.D.
>>Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
>>University of Oklahoma
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