XX Olympic Winter Games

[innerSpaceman]

Sorry, but what's "CCCP?"

Oh, and I'd love it if we dropped the retarded anglicization of non-anglo place names. What an arrogant and stupid, not to mention anachronistic, practice!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Sorry, but what's "CCCP?"

Wow, has it really been that long that people don't remember this? CCCP is the cyrilic acronym for the country name "USSR" in the Russian language.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Wow, has it really been that long that people don't remember this? CCCP is the cyrilic acronym for the country name "USSR" in the Russian language.

So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

Which American was it?

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

Nope. Not in bad taste. It's something you wouldn't necessarily be able to buy in a store, thus raising its cool factor.

It was Johnny Weir, GD. He was wearing it in one of those "bio" pieces.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

It was Johnny Weir, GD. He was wearing it in one of those "bio" pieces.

Oh, then my reaction would be , which is my reaction just about anything Weir does or says. He strikes me as someone trying a little too hard to be little mr. rebel.