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To: null and void

Russians call them “хохолс”. That would be the pigtail from top of head haircut that Turks and Cossacks used to wear, the idea being that God or somebody could yank them up to heaven by the pigtail if they got killed in battle. “Hoho” is simpler on an English keyboard...


3 posted on 05/15/2023 8:02:04 PM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: ganeemead

Hohols. Good to learn.


7 posted on 05/15/2023 8:14:22 PM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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To: ganeemead

And the l and s is silent?


16 posted on 05/15/2023 9:59:38 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: ganeemead

Probably a spin on the Turkish fez for identification


27 posted on 05/16/2023 1:41:36 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: ganeemead

Probably a spin on the Turkish fez for identification


28 posted on 05/16/2023 1:42:50 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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