> . Isn't Putin's comments an example
> of (in Russian) "mat" or a kind of general colloquialism that is often
> sexual
> in nature?
>
> Kind of like if a reporter asked Bush a question and Bush replied "go piss
> up
> a rope."
>
> I'm not sayin', I'm askin'...
>
> Alan Jacobson
>
>
>
That possibility occurred to me too. I checked various print sources at home and haven't talked to actual humans to see what they say.
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