a possibly minority position

[John Langran]

I have heard the toilet called белый дом - bely dom. Obviously outside 
toilets are often painted white to reflect the heat. Maybe this would not be 
used too often in front of visitors from the US!

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert A. Rothstein" <rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] a possibly minority position


> Perhaps not very contemporary, but what about место, куда и/даже царь 
> ходит пешком (mesto, kuda i/dazhe tsar' xodit peshkom). Or the variant 
> construction я иду туда, куда и/даже царь ходит пешком (ia idu tuda, kuda 
> i/dazhe tsar' xodit peshkom) ). Cf. Polish: "tam, gdzie król piechotą 
> chodzi" and "tam, gdzie nawet dyktator musi iść osobiście." Yiddish also 
> has "dort vu der meylekh geyt tsu fus" (where the king goes on foot) and 
> "dort vu der keyser ken keyn sheliekh nit shikn" (where the tsar/emperor 
> can't send an emissary).
>
> Bob Rothstein
>
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