Шаламов: <<... или члена известной секты " Бог знает">>

[Steve Marder]

Not to dwell excessively on it, but one wonders if it would serve any useful
purpose to add that the abbreviation mentioned by Gasan is usually
pronounced “хэзэ” (rather than “хазэ”).

Steve

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Thank you Sasha,

there used to be so many сектыs in the USSR.

In fact, the acronym CCCP has been deciphered as a Спальня, Столовая,
Сортир, Работа.
Wasn't it just a huge sect?
As to "Бог знает", right now, very young as well as not so young people say
simply kh.s. ("х.з."). Have a look at the full plumage of interpretations at
sokr.ru <http://sokr.ru> .

Sectology of literature is a real science!

gg


2014-02-14 14:37 GMT+04:00 Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>:
> Dear Brian,
> 
> You've missed the rest of the sentence. It reads as follows:
>  Был и сектант из секты «Бог знает», а может, секта называлась и иначе –
> просто это был единственный всегдашний ответ сектанта на все вопросы
> начальства.
> 
> Shalamov states that the sect might have had a different name altogether and
> that the phrase "God knows" was one of the favourite replies that particular
> prisoner used in his communication with the guards and the administrators.
> 
> See this internet version of the text: http://shalamov.ru/library/5/5.html
> <http://shalamov.ru/library/5/5.html>
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> All best,
> Alexandra
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