kuda tsar' idet peshkom

[Edward M Dumanis]

Yes, it is.
I have also heard not mentioned yet "Pojdu tuda, ne skazhu kuda."

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Deborah Hoffman wrote:

> This is an actual expression? And here all these years I thought Tom Lehrer had made it up (in "Lobachevsky").
>
>  >Date:    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:21:53 -0400
>> From:    "Pendergast, J. Mr DFL" <John.Pendergast at USMA.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: two fashion terms
>>
>> Apropos of the "toilet" P.S. below - and apologies if this one already
> >came up in prior discussion - but a phrase that I always liked that I
>> have heard among military colleagues (and which at least one civilian
> >colleague met with a wince) is "idu tuda, kuda tsar' idyot peshkom."
> >(èäó òóäà, êóäà öàðü èä¸ò ïåøêîì)
>>
>> John Pendergast
>> Assistant Professor of Russian
>> United States Military Academy
>> 745 Brewerton Road
>> West Point, NY 10996
>> 845-938-0310
>
>
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> Deborah Hoffman, Esq.
> Russian > English Legal and Literary Translations
>
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