simplicio comments on 9/26 is Petrov Day - Less Wrong

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Comment author: simplicio 14 October 2010 05:00:45AM 8 points [-]

...saying simply "START" (presumably in Russian)

It actually said "Start" in Cyrillic letters: "СТАРТ." The foreign term is used in certain contexts, like the starting line of a race or indeed, on a pushbutton on/off control.

I know because I heard a Russian language interview with Petrov.