From what I found in 5 minutes reading Google, "pindos" was first used by the Russian soldiers in Kosovo describing the American soldiers. Allegedly this word somehow means "penguin" in Serbian, and the American soldiers who carried all the ammunition due to insurance demands, moved and looked kind of like penguins. Attempts to translate "penguin" to Serbian didn't result in an approval of this version, though.I decided to check what we can find about this word: Πίνδος ("pindos").
Yes, according to the article from wiki this word comes from Greece. It seems it has nothing to do with "a rude word for gays".
It is said, that it was a rude word for Greeks: Greeks from Pind were known as the poorest ones, almost with no education. It is also said it has negative sences in Greek: "mud", "a pauper"...
I agree, that it is a rude word for Americans now, but not more than that - as far as I see in the article:
Пиндос — Википедия
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It is interesting, that the words which were translated as "a Russian patriot" are rude too. It is something like "a crazy Russian patriot" ("fanatic"?, "die-hard"?), so the text says something like this:
"If I were a crazy Russian patriot, I would be celebrating the victory over (hated) Americans"
Maybe the word "pindos" seems ruder than it is. I live in Russia, but I didn't know the etymology of this word. So even Russians can think, that this word has a meaning which it doesn't have.
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Andrey, "pendos/pindos" is used in Russia as a rude version of what was used in 60's, 70's and into 80's - "damn Yankee". It's a fact and it is documented, and the word did come from greek back in the days, as a derogatory term for "resident of a region - Pindus/Pindos valley" who were considered to be 'barbarians" or "the plebs".
I think they said in the interview after JGPF that they would skip senior nationals and concentrate on preparation for junior nationals. I can understand that the junior nationals are more important for them at this stage. They want to be in top three to be sent to junior worlds. I think Panfilova/Rylov will probably be in top three, and based on the results throughout the season, Akhanteva/Kolesov too. Mukhametzianova/Mironov have a good chance to grab the third spot, based on how they skated at this last competition, but there is a few more pairs who could beat them and grab the spot instead. Kostiukovich/Ialin, Artemeva/Nazarychev and Sobinina/Volodin are all in the running. (Balabanova/Sviatchenko did only one junior Russian cup so they won’t be at junior nationals and no junior worlds for them).
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small fyi: this article is a "summary" of few of her latest interviews and comments, with an "editorial flavor" of the author, who is in places trying to be funny and give the story (in a nice way) a humorous flavor. lots of idioms, conversational teen language, and "local symbolism".New Article On Alena Kostornaia
Барышня с претензиями. Портрет Алены Косторной
После финала Гран-при-2019 лидерство среди одиночниц мира захватила 16-летняя россиянка Алена Косторная. Самое время поподробнее рассказать о новой чемпионке.
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New Article On Alena Kostornaia
Барышня с претензиями. Портрет Алены Косторной
После финала Гран-при-2019 лидерство среди одиночниц мира захватила 16-летняя россиянка Алена Косторная. Самое время поподробнее рассказать о новой чемпионке.
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Part of the article reads: "At the end of last season, Alena grew by 7 centimeters. Under the stress of the growth spurt, she sustained a cracked tibia. As a result, she missed the end of the season, including the junior world championship. However, the injury completely healed, and she is again able to produce the triple axel. Nevertheless, upon return from injury, Alena was worried about going for the triple axel. But when Trusova and Shcherbakova were landing quads in training every day, Alena knew she had to go for the triple axel. Gradually, over time, her worries subsided and the triple axel returned."
She is not according to interviews.
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I’d bet on Navka’s show promotion.
I'm still hoping she will switch to Joanne McLeod and come back for at least a few more competitions. Just to see how Tinami will react.
After a lot of I will not take part in competitions (National Championships, EC WC) I am not going anywhere and I will not stop training this did come up.
