Vysotsky quote

[Vladimir Benko]

Dear All,

> I'm not sure what Vysotsky's Genie has to do with coffee, but let's
> repair the quote:
>
> "A ono -- zelenoe, paxuchee, protivnoe --
> Prygalo po komnate, khodilo khodunom.
> A potom poslyshalos' pen'e zaunyvnoe
> I viden'e okazalos' grubym muzhikom."
>
> Sorry to be didactic, but we mustn't distort the classics.

BTW, Vysotsky has an explicit masculine use of "kofe" in on of his
early songs (Poezdka v gorod, 1969).  The text is available at:

http://www.kulichki.com/vv/pesni/ya-samyj-nepyutschij-iz.html

Vse ne tak, rebjata...

Best regads,

Vlado B, 14:15 bratislavskogo vremeni

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Vladimir Benko      <Benko at fedu.uniba.sk>

Comenius University, Faculty of Education
Computational Linguistics Laboratory
Moskovska 3, SK-81334 Bratislava
Tel +421-2-55576744         Fax -55572244

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