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May 10, 2005Those Crazy LatviansDuring Bush's recent trip to Latvia he was greeted by posters which read: "Welcome Peace Duke".
The surprise is that the posters were actually part of a protest campaign by the very clever Latvian antiwar movment. "Peace Duke", when spoken aloud, sounds exactly like the Russian word "piz-duk", which means... "bastard"!!!! (And that, evidently, is a "gentle" translation of the word!) It seems that the Washington Post didn't get the joke, either. All I can say is "Long Live Latvia", the world's most linguistically-wily protesters! Posted by elcanche at May 10, 2005 10:08 PMComments
Ha! Brilliant! The rest of the world must think the U.S. is full of idiots for re-electing him... Posted by: James Moore at May 10, 2005 11:04 PMActually, piz-duk is much stronger word than just a bastard. It could also mean the one who fibs, lies, in a Russian slang. But overall, yeah, it's a clever poster. Posted by: Aleks at May 12, 2005 10:59 PM |
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