faux Cyrillic

faux Cyrillic
Of or pertaining to Faux Cyrillic.
2. noun
Usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visibly similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more Russian feel for a text.

The line IБ ТНIБ ТЯIP ЯEДГГУ ИEСEББДЯУ? (for Is this trip really necessary) is found in Frank Zappas song I dont wanna get drafted [


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