# Russian language/bumper sticker question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906 "2005-01-21T13:18:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906/21 "2005-01-24T08:51:43Z")

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> [@Paladud](#):
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> Memorial inscriptions usually begin with “Pomnim” or “Pomnite” rather than “Pomnite o.”

Same as English. We don’t say “remember (about) the south.” We just say, “remember the south.”

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-bumper-sticker-question/285906/22 "2005-01-24T14:28:17Z")

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> [@levdrakon](#):
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> We just say, “remember the south.”

We do? 😃

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