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Re:Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hotel experi... by imissmyjuno on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @12:28AM (#7182067)
it is toilet paper for certain. source: russian speaker.
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Re:Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hotel experi... by oddx on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @12:32AM (#7182080)
No, it isn't. Sign says only "paper". It isn't clear what they mean, can be interpreted differently.
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Re:Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hotel experi... by Spooky23 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:40AM (#7184732)
Part of traveling is groking the local terminology for things. In Atlanta, soda is "coke". Ohio, "pop". New York "soda".
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Re:Journalists at Sochi are live-tweeting their hotel experi... by vitalyny on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:46AM (#7182628)
They mean any paper, including toilet paper. This warning is common in Russia, don't ask why.
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