_"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]

[Wilson Gray]

May be of interest to those who can make out what it's about in
Russian. There exists a a Russian punk-rock girl-group that calls
itself "Pussy Riot," currently in the news and on trial for breaking
into the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and singing a song called,
_Bogoroditsa, Putina Progoni_  "Mother of God, Get Rid of Putin."
Anyway, the obscene meaning of _pussy_ as used in the group's name is
well-understood and is presenting a linguistic problem. Russian media
have been leaving the group's name in the original English, without
even transliteration. But, since everybody already knows what _pussy_
as used in "Pussy Riot" means, well, you know, like, WTF? Is there any
point? But the polloi aren't ready to see/hear _p…da_, i.e. _pizda_
[peezDAH], in/on the news.

http://mn.ru/columns/20120704/322076140.html

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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