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Re: "Double stressed" words

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, August 29, 2003, 12:05
 --- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:

> I can resist the urge to post this li'l jewel: > > "No truth in Pravda, no news in Izvestia."
I've heard it the other way round: "In Russia we have two newspapers: the Pravda, which means 'truth', and the Izvestia, which means 'news'. But, what the Pravda writes isn't new, and what the Izvestia writes isn't true." Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/