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Lecture: Profanity: Tradition or Degradation?
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The Nicosia Book Club invites you to the lecture “Profanity: Tradition or Degradation?”
Thursday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: €15.
To reserve a spot, message us on Telegram @varo_loves_zombies
Discuss profanity, its role in Russian culture, the nuances of its use in speech, and answer a series of pressing questions. At the same time, reinforce practice with theory.
In this lecture, you’ll learn:
- Is it true that the Mongols brought profanity to Russia?
- Which curse word was considered the most terrifying?
- How is profanity similar to the unforgivable curses in “Harry Potter”?
- Why do foreigners love Russian profanity so much, and is it true that it’s the most expressive in the world?
- What is happening with swearing in the 21st century?
And other surprising facts about Russian swearing.
Speaker: Ksenia Demeneva — Candidate of Philological Sciences, visiting lecturer at HSE University Nizhny Novgorod, coordinator of the “Nediktant. Children" campaign by the "Total Dictation" Foundation, children’s author.
Duration: approximately two hours.
Lecture: 18+.
And since this is the Nicosia Book Club, there will of course be some wine to help the information go down easier.