To: generally
>>But I think the point is that certain people inexplicably have studied Russian.
Especially good point if they then went on to join governmental service instead of science. Or just loved Tolstoy.
My favorite Russian word was the imperative form of stop, останавливаться. I always wondered if that appeared on a stop sign.
597 posted on
03/20/2019 12:00:41 PM PDT by
mairdie
(http://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/catharineburnett/hotshots.htm)
To: mairdie
Found this:
https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/File:Alaskan_Stop_Sign_(Russian_America).svg
most images I was able to find had стоп or стой
But I did find one that was close to останавливаться here:
621 posted on
03/20/2019 12:16:16 PM PDT by
generally
( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: mairdie
My favorite Russian word was the imperative form of stop, останавливаться. I always wondered if that appeared on a stop sign. According to Wikipedia, every country in Europe -- except Turkey -- uses a stop sign that says "STOP". In Turkey, it's "DUR".
674 posted on
03/20/2019 1:11:10 PM PDT by
AZLiberty
(218 House seats or bust! Bust. But the Dems will be busted for election fraud.)
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