Pushkin!!

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, Captain!!

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[yers.livejournal.com]

We've just hit the 1000 members mark.

yay!!

[black-book.livejournal.com]

someone remembered!!

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Could you put the picture behind an lj-cut, or just link to it? Some of us are on dial-up and already know what Pushkin looked like. :P

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

What does one say to this? С днём... 1000 пользователей?

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

People still have dialup!?! Done ;)

[oryx_and_crake]

Why "Captain"??????

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately. When you live in the middle of nowhere in California ...

[branwen.livejournal.com]

Americans tend to use that sort of title for friends or people they think are cool, I guess as a Russian would say "comrade" (товарищ) or something. One of my [American] friends will call his friends "captain", "sergeant", and sometimes "boss". I don't know if that's what sisyphus meant, but that's how I read it.

[oryx_and_crake]

OK, maybe. But I should say that no Russian in his right mind will call any other Russian "товарищ", unless they both are Communist freaks, or as part of a joke.

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

In response to... your icon, Natalie Portman is absolutely beautiful and her acting in The Professional is unmatched by any other. She's... SO AWESOME.

[kaersaij.livejournal.com]

I was one of those last few. I signed up two days ago. I really love the site. I'm heading to Indiana University next week to participate in their summer Slavic language program. This is the second year of it for me now. This community will help a lot on various random things. Thanks again, and I'm glad to hear its successful.

[blinkenlight.livejournal.com]

Товарищ is official form of address in Russian army.

[oryx_and_crake]

We are not in the Army here, and neither was Pushkin.

[battersby.livejournal.com]

I've heard people jokingly call eachother "товарищ", but never seriously. Then again, I've heard Americans call eachother commrade, in the same context as "boss" or "captain."

[yk4ever.livejournal.com]

o-ho-ho, in Russia a lot of people have dialup.

He-he, I just got my broadband fixed today :]

[yk4ever.livejournal.com]

ah! I can make a nice remark here.

When you talk with Russians referring "The Professional" movie, they 'll definitely think of another French picture, an excellent "lonely betrayed man seeks revenge" action:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0082949/
Looks like USA residents are not familiar with this movie, althougn in Russia it's considered classics.

The one Natalie was featured in is known to Russians and French under its original title - "Leon":
http://imdb.com/title/tt0110413/

[branwen.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend and his parents say that "товарищ" is the way Russians would address each other instead of Mr. or Mrs., or any other thing besides their name. Maybe they are not in their right mind, but they are certainly Russian.

[branwen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Americans don't call each other "Captain" and mean that they are they are actually their Captain! Unless their in the army...

[branwen.livejournal.com]

My [Russian] boyfriend is the one who introduced me to 'The Professional', and in fact introduced it as the movie 'Leon'. It took me a while to realize that there were two titles!

[branwen.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to my icon?!

[oryx_and_crake]

Well, I am Russian, too, and never ever in my entire life I have encountered such a manner of address (I haven't been to the army, though, where this way of address is indeed mandatory). Is it possible that your boyfriend was trying to pull your leg?

[branwen.livejournal.com]

Nah, that's not his sense of humour. And his parents seconded that (actually brought that correction up, and he seconded it...), and so did his cousin at a different time. He is from Uzbekistan, though, so maybe it's different there?

[oryx_and_crake]

Somehow I find this difficult to believe. I must admit that I cannot find any explanation.

[branwen.livejournal.com]

Okay, I posted about it. Hopefully something will come up!