What are some good national proverbs for the concept "the first try doesn't count"? In Russian, the saying is "the first crêpe is for your relatives (первый блин комом)", since the pan is almost never warmed up right.
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That Russian word for pancake, blin, is also used to replace a similar-sounding profanity, so spoken Russian can be a pancake-heavy language
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I looked into Russian profanity once and noted a lot of references to foreskins.
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YouTube videos of Russian car accidents are a good source for authentic Russian profanity
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