On May 6, 10:59=C2=A0pm, valtsu <val...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> ostap_bender_1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > On May 6, 8:19 pm, P=C4=93teris Cedri=C5=86=C5=A1 (Peteris Cedrins)
> > <cedr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >>On 7 Maijs, 05:25, lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> >>>On May 6, 2:32 am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >>>><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 ****p too soon in order to
mak=
e it
> >>>>easier for the passengers to take pictures of the lighthouse at
Kolkas=
rags.
>
> >>>>I hope the pictures turned out well. Since the ****p didn't.
>
> >>>>In our media there has been confusion about what to call the sound
bet=
ween
> >>>>Kurzeme and Saaremaa. Some call it 'Irben salmi' after its Latvian
nam=
e
> >>>>'Irbes =C3=B0aurums' (irbe meaning partridge), and some use 'Kuurin
ku=
rkku' 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 ****p -- according to the latest re****ts, the first mate is to
> >>blame (for giving the wrong orders to the... "st=C3=BBrmanis";
"helmsman=
"?
>
> > Isn't it always the case that Sturman, Bootsman, Helmsman and Katzman,
> > along with Iceberg and Eisenberg, are blamed for all =C2=A0World
problem=
s?
>
> Oh? I thought Ivanov, Petrov and Sidorov are to be blamed for
everything.
>
Not so. According to my authors (one of whom is Petrov, btw), it is
the Icebergs and Eisenbergs that are responsible for everything. The
same opinion is held by the owners of SCR: ElParedon and Co.
Ostap Bender.
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