On May 6, 8:19=C2=A0pm, P=C4=93teris Cedri=C5=86=C5=A1 (Peteris Cedrins)
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> On 7 Maijs, 05:25, lorad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 6, 2:32 am, "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
mak=
e it
> > > easier for the passengers to take pictures of the lighthouse at
Kolkas=
rags.
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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
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).
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> > '=C3=B0aurums' means 'narrow (passageway)'.. or it could be translated
a=
s
> > 'channel'
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> The most common word is "strait."
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> > 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)
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> It's much easier than it used to be -- for birds, try sites
likehttp://www=
..putni.lv/index_citaslapp.htmWith the Latin names, I've had
> little difficulty lately even with obscure flora or fauna.
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> > (I am thinking of introducing Fireflies and Hummingbirds to the
> > Baltics)
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> 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
cor=
rectly 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"?=
> 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.
Thanks for the http://www.putni.lv/index_citaslapp.htm
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