From: viznyuk@physics.ucla.edu (Viznyuk)
Subject: Re: A lexicon...(draft version)
Keywords: Homo Sovieticus, SovietEnglish-English 
Organization: UCLA Department of Physics
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 00:25:42 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.163629.954@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> bohdan@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (bohdan.l.bodnar) writes:
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>
>The large cultural gulf between a Westerner and a Homo Sovieticus
>ensures that they are not using the same language even if they
>are both communicating in English. Thus, it may be useful to compile the
>first ever SovietEnglish-English lexicon (in the context presented here, this
>lexicon may actually be considered to be a list of morphemes that
>are appropriate for this newsgroup).  Here is a start:
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>bourgeois (adj) - West European and North American democrat.
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>entire progressive mankind, the (n expr) - the followers of Communist doctrine.
>
>falsification (n) - a fact that is not supported by Communist ideology.
>
>fascist (n) - (1) follower of Mussolini, Hitler, or of any other
>   non-Soviet leader of similar ilk, (2) any non-ethnic-Russian or
>   ex-Soviet who does not want his country to be ruled from Russia
>
>imperialist (n) - (1) a Westerner who believes that Russia should not
>   rule other countries against their will, (2) any non-ethnic-Russian
>   ex-Soviet who does not want his country to be ruled from Russia
>
>nationalist (n) - any non-ethnic-Russian ex-Soviet who does not
>   want his country to be ruled from Russia
>
>nazi (n) - (1) adherent of the views of Adolf Hitler, (2) anybody
>   who opposed Stalin in 1933-1945, (3) any non-ethnic-Russian or
>   ex-Soviet who does not want his country to be ruled from Russia
>
>peace in the entire world (n exp) - Communist domination of the world.
>
>russophile (n) - anybody who believes that the Russian government should
>           have jurisdiction beyond the current boundaries of the Russian
>	   Federation.
>
>russophobe (n) - anybody who believes that the Russian government should
>           not have any jurisdiction beyond the current boundaries
>           of the Russian Federation.
>
>sectants (n) - non-Orthodox Christians and Orthodox Christians who do not
>           accept the Moscow Patriarchate.  See "nationalist," etc.
>
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>
>I could go on;  however, the most challenging task is to separate the
>Soviet terminology that has become obsolete from the terms the persist
>in their Soviet guise.
>
>If you have any "definitions" which can be used in polite company and are
>appropriate for this lexicon, please feel free to e-mail them to me.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Dr. Bohdan Bodnar
>AT&T Bell Laboratories
>Naperville, IL 60566
>USA

 Yes, pan Bodnar. The communists lexicon was pretty diversive. I could add
e.g. "unsleepy peace champion" (the title of Leonid Kravchuk, shit, sorry -
the title of Leonid Brezhnev), and many others. If you are interested
just write me privately.
 The lexicon of Ukrainian nationalists appears to be much more poor
(may be because Ukrainian nationalists are much more stupid than
were e.g. Bolshevicks ?). Basically you, pan Bodnar, use only few
standard confuguration, such as e.g.:
 Russian domination, occupation, oppresion, expansion, and so on.
 Russian empire, rule, imperialism, plots, ...

If I missed something from your political lexicon, please feel free to
add.
S.V.