On 7 Maijs, 06:24, ostap_bender_1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 6, 8:19 pm, P=C4=93teris Cedri=C5=86=C5=A1 (Peteris Cedrins)
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>
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> <cedr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On 7 Maijs, 05:25, lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> > > On May 6, 2:32 am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > <lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > >
>news:1fc44075-4186-4224-b0a4-97c48e575681@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > For educational purposes:
>
> > > > > The cause of the
> > > > > accident has not been determined.
>
> > > > It seems that the captain had turned the ship too soon in order to
m=
ake it
> > > > easier for the passengers to take pictures of the lighthouse at
Kolk=
asrags.
>
> > > > I hope the pictures turned out well. Since the ship didn't.
>
> > > > In our media there has been confusion about what to call the sound
b=
etween
> > > > Kurzeme and Saaremaa. Some call it 'Irben salmi' after its Latvian
n=
ame
> > > > 'Irbes =C3=B0aurums' (irbe meaning partridge), and some use
'Kuurin =
kurkku' after
> > > > the Estonian 'Kura kurk' (Couronian gorge).
>
> > > '=C3=B0aurums' means 'narrow (passageway)'.. or it could be
translated=
as
> > > 'channel'
>
> > The most common word is "strait."
>
> > > 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)
>
> > It's much easier than it used to be -- for birds, try sites
likehttp://w=
ww.putni.lv/index_citaslapp.htmWiththe Latin names, I've had
> > little difficulty lately even with obscure flora or fauna.
>
> > > (I am thinking of introducing Fireflies and Hummingbirds to the
> > > Baltics)
>
> > Fireflies and other creatures that don't exist here are indeed a
> > problem (the usual dictionary translation of "firefly" is
> > "j=C3=A2=C3=B2t=C3=A2rpi=C3=B2=C3=B0" ["jantarpins"], but that is more
c=
orrectly a glow-worm --
> > they do not fly). Such similar but quite different beings can cause a
> > lot of confusion -- I kept waiting for the
"j=C3=A2=C3=B2t=C3=A2rpi=C3=
=B2i" to take off in
> > my first summer here, to everyone's amusement...
>
> > A "hummingbird is a "kolibri."
>
> > Re the ship -- according to the latest reports, the first mate is to
> > blame (for giving the wrong orders to the... "st=C3=BBrmanis";
"helmsman=
"?
> > Freeing the vessel will run to a million euros, and I don't think that
> > includes the participation of (pretty much the entire) Latvian Navy.
>
> > Vysu lobu,
> > /P
>
> What a civilised and benevolent discussion here. Had this been not
> German but Russian ship, you clowns would be be screaming about Russia
> starting World War III now. I bet it would take thrirty
> straightjackets and tons of medication to calm down Ed Lucas and Vlad
> Socor alone. The amount of spit excreted would raise the sea level by
> two feet and flood and forever bury Amsrterdam and San Francisco.
Note how the slightest whiff of civilized discussion perturbs you so
much that you feel compelled to intrude.
By the way, just for the record -- technically, it's not a German
ship. It sails under the Bahamian flag, the captain is Greek, and the
other officers (including the possible culprit) are Ukrainian.
/P
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