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Can someone help me with an expression
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ANNAIOANNA
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 posted 8/12/2004 5:30:16 PM
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Hello,
sorry if I write in English, I do not speak Russian.
This topic may offend some people, so please don't take it personal....
I am reading this book about Tsar Nicholas and Rasputin, and the author mentions that during the 19th and 20th century, for someone who was a homosexual, the people used the expression "making mistakes in grammar" so as not to have to talk about it openly. Can someone verify if this is true, that this expression was used? or is this just a poor translation of a Russian expression, and if so, what is the correct Russion expression?
Thanks for any replies... 
...edited by Sheriff, please do not use all capitals...
[Message edited by Sheriff on 8/12/2004 8:54:42 PM]
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Sheriff
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posted 8/12/2004 8:55:49 PM
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Never've heard this expression before.
May've been some sort of "upper-class slang"
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Walker
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posted 8/13/2004 10:14:04 AM
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Are gays "making mistakes in garmar"?
It is smt I'd never heard before.
Most russian says about sexual orientation directly, no politly. Gays are gays even in Russia.
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Sheriff
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posted 8/13/2004 10:45:14 AM
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I'd expect Czar Nicholas not to go around saying "ãîìèêè" ("gays" in russian).  May've been an ok phrase for Peter the Great though.  So I am sure some sort of upper-class slang existed. This expression you asking about doesn't sound like it was used by common people.
[Message edited by Sheriff on 8/13/2004 10:46:54 AM]
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