a possibly minority position

[John Dunn]

During the confrontation between President El'tsin and the Russian Supreme Soviet in 1992-93 the newspaper Moskovskij komosomolets was wont to refer to Moscow's Белый дом [Belyj dom], then the seat of the Supreme Soviet, as БиДе [BiDe].

John Dunn. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Langran <john at RUSLAN.CO.UK>
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:40:30 +0100
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] a possibly minority position

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



John Dunn
Honorary Research Fellow, SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow, Scotland

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