"bandirovka"

[Katz, Michael]

Many thanks.


On 8/27/07 12:40 PM, "Edward M Dumanis" <dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Steve Marder wrote:
> 
>> ---- "Katz wrote:
>>> Dear colleagues:
>>> 
>>> The word occurs in Tolstoy's "Sevastopol v dekabre." A soldier is explaining
>>> how he was wounded:
>>> 
>>> Na pyatom baksione... Kak pervaya bandirovka byla: navel pushku, stal
>>> otkhodit', etakim manerom, k drugoi ambrazure, kak on udarit menya....
>>> 
>>> Can anyone help with the meaning of bandirovka?
>>> 
>>> Many thanks.
>> 
>> Bombardirovka.
> 
> In uneducated pronunciation, of course, that shows a low social standing
> of the soldier. (Cf., NUKELAR where this logic breaks).
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
> 
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