Putin's language

[Valery Belyanin]

SEELANGers (or their students of Russian) may be interested in yesterday's article about the language Mr.Putin uses.
http://www.utro.ru/articles/2004/04/15/298667.shtml
" a lot of rude expressions
" resemblance with the language of Khruschev
" Russians like it
Some information published earlier on this topic in English may be found here
http://www.rferl.org/features/2003/02/11022003164647.asp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/08/wruss08.xml

Best. Valery Belyain
Editor of www.texology.ru
Author of the dictionary "Living Speech"
http://www.pinkrus.ch/artikel/kyr/5-87664-027-1.htm
http://individual.utoronto.ca/psyling/Library/Verbal_Behav/Liv_Speech_Intro.htm

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