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A Specialty Meat Shop
Today I saw a shop named "специализированный мясной магазин" ("Specializirovanniy Mjyasnoy Magazin" or "Specialty Meat Shop" in English) in the city where I live. It was a typical evening -- nothing special about it. I was going to a local shopping mall to buy a new pair of jeans to replace my old ones, and there it was! That name! The shop sign was glowing red and very attractive. In the next 30 minutes, I was not able to think about anything else but that name.
You see, here, in Russia, I came upon/heard this name for the first time, and I think that there aren't a lot of shops named like that.
The first word is really special, you know. "Specializirovanniy". As you can see, it's very long, and it's more often used here for military shops, or maybe for workwear shops where items are very specialized in their use. Therefore, the word's height is the most lowest of the three, relative to its length. The second one is "mjyasnoy" (meat) - the tallest one, but there is nothing special about it, I think. The last one - "magazin" (shop) -- is of medium height, and there is nothing special about it either.
Therefore, the shop sign consists of three words of different heights, which are completely unpronounceable at all. And, yes, it glows red! It would be cool if it also flashed, I think, but unfortunately, it doesn't. I'm not sure what were they thinking, but as you can see, the whole sign looks "awwwsome".
- Hey, Ivan, where have you been?
- I've been shopping at the "Specializirovanniy Mjyasnoy Magazin", you know. As usual.
- Is it the "Specializirovanniy Mjyasnoy Magazin" on Lenina street?
- No. That was closed last Sunday. It has the same name, but it's on Repina Street.
- Ok, meet me at the "Specializirovanniy Mjyasnoy Magazin" next Sunday at 6 o'clock.
- Deal! See you!
Одна женщина вошла в мясной магазин, и указывая пальцем сказала: "Я хочу купить вот эту голову свиньи." Мясник был поражен этой просьбой и ответил: "А мадам, это зеркало!"
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