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minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months ago Post agreed to identify him by his call sign, Artist, in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol. What are the chances that this is a reference to a certain mustachioed Austrian from the early 20th century?
minus-squareWhat_Religion_R_They [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoQuite slim, unless his nickname was in English and not Ukrainian/Russian.
minus-squareTomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoFor the onlookers: at least in Russia, the word ‘артист’ (‘artist’, emphasis on the second syllable) usually refers to performance artists, rather than to people who paint, draw, or make digital pictures.
minus-squareWhat_Religion_R_They [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoYeah. I think it may have come to Russian through the French “artiste”, which also exists in English.
What are the chances that this is a reference to a certain mustachioed Austrian from the early 20th century?
Quite slim, unless his nickname was in English and not Ukrainian/Russian.
For the onlookers: at least in Russia, the word ‘артист’ (‘artist’, emphasis on the second syllable) usually refers to performance artists, rather than to people who paint, draw, or make digital pictures.
Yeah. I think it may have come to Russian through the French “artiste”, which also exists in English.