Re: German ****p Runs Aground Off Latvia

On May 6, 2:32=A0am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> For educational purposes:
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> > The cause of the
> > accident has not been determined.
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> It seems that the captain had turned the ****p too soon in order to make
it=

> easier for the passengers to take pictures of the lighthouse at
Kolkasrags=
..
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> I hope the pictures turned out well. Since the ****p didn't.
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> In our media there has been confusion about what to call the sound
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> Kurzeme and Saaremaa. Some call it 'Irben salmi' after its Latvian name
> 'Irbes =9Aaurums' (irbe meaning partridge), and some use 'Kuurin kurkku'
a=
fter
> the Estonian 'Kura kurk' (Couronian gorge).

'=9Aaurums' means 'narrow (passageway)'.. or it could be translated as
'channel'

correct on the 'irbe'.. not very informed on the ornithology.. I had
guessed that they were something like sandpipers.. thanks. (It's a
pain to match up corresponding flora and fauna - if there's even a
match)

(I am thinking of introducing Fireflies and Hummingbirds to the
Baltics)