tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post4232654785297849067..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: The Sunday PhotosLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-35719116941808626762007-07-23T05:50:00.000-04:002007-07-23T05:50:00.000-04:00We googled "Pupkin" and "john doe" and found this,...We googled "Pupkin" and "john doe" and found this, which may be of interest:<BR/><BR/>http://ideamarketers.com/library/article.cfm?articleid=25191&from=PROFILELa Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-3559255036866678532007-07-22T15:45:00.000-04:002007-07-22T15:45:00.000-04:00Well, although LL is right about Pupkin's second m...Well, although LL is right about Pupkin's second meaning, I think in this case La Russophobe described the picture correctly.Oleg Kozlovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332624777436836871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-91226338661379698172007-07-22T07:24:00.000-04:002007-07-22T07:24:00.000-04:00Thanks for the linguistic insights! Such are alway...Thanks for the linguistic insights! Such are always most welcome. One must also wonder how long they'll be able to feel comfortable even using a name that just sounds like Putin, before such things can only go on in secret basements in the dark of night, as in Soviet times.La Russophobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-67101290458288462982007-07-22T00:30:00.000-04:002007-07-22T00:30:00.000-04:00+++The first picture shows a guy named Pupkin (thi...+++The first picture shows a guy named Pupkin (this is the Russian equivalent of "John Doe") +++<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess this is a bit misleading. "Pupkin" is not such a widespread name to serve as a Russian equivalent of "John Doe". However, one may encounter "Pupkin" (which, incidentally, sounds a bit funny to a Russian ear and literally means "of navel") on Russian web forums as a derogatory euphemism for "Putin".<BR/><BR/>My sense is this is exactly the context it is being used on the cartoon here. One may only wonder if using "Pupkin" instead of "Putin" is caused by the author's fear of getting prosecuted under some clauses of the recent "Anti-extremism Act".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com