Re: A perfect day for introducing myself
| From: | Paul Bennett <paulnkathy@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 31, 2000, 17:32 |
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On 31 Jan 00, at 12:05, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:59:16 -0500, Paul Bennett <paulnkathy@...>
> wrote:
>
> > <...> I studied Russian as a Cadet back in England,
> >and I have retained:
> >
> >Vot Stol
> >
> >Vot Stul
> >
> >MINVA PROXOV
> >
> <...>
> >Corrections, if required, would be appreciated.
>
> First two perfectly correct, but who is MINVA PROXOV ?
>
One, both or neither of the 'V's might be 'B's, the 'X' might be a 'K',
erm, really I guess you should just jumble everything around! It's
supposed to be a warning sign posted on minefields, ISTR.
I guess I'd probably gone kaboom quite quickly, had the occasion ever
presented itself ;-) (Why the BEEPing BEEP they ever thought a 14-year old
kid would need to know about Russian minefields, I'll never know...)
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Pb