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cheeeep prop - Russian Ouija Board for cheap independent movie in Oregon?

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Oct 8, 2009, 3:25:55 AM10/8/09
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First, some kids climb around in the attic of an old farmhouse, and rummage
through their grampa's chest full of clothes and memorabilia.

Second, one kid shouts, "Hey, look what I found! It's a RASPUTIN BOARD!"

And then the camera zooms up, and cuts to an insert of the item in question.

It looks like an antique Ouija Board, but it is in Russian.

At the very bottom is a strange looking Ouija Board with the Russian alphabet
(in Cyrillic) arching across the top. A picture of Grigoriy Rasputin was
stencilled on the front, and varnished over. Along the bottom of the Ouija
Board are a series of hands, starting with one finger out, until all five
fingers are out.

On the upper left hand side is a sun blazing in all its glory, and on the
right hand side is the crescent moon wearing a night cap, and snoozing.

Somewhat in the center of the board, just below the alphabet, are the words
RASPUTIN GOVORIT. Are those the right words for "RASPUTIN, SPEAK!" ???
Does anybody know if the Russian language has a vocative case like Classical
Latin does? And if it does, does RASPUTIN belong to a word class that
inflects appropriately? Should GOVORIT ("speak") be in the singular
indicative, or
should it be in the imperative?

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