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To: Washington-Husky
So how do you say IronJack in Russian?
53 posted on 07/28/2002 5:45:47 PM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: Savage Beast
It depends on whether the "Jack" is derived from the name Jacob, which is "Yakov" in Russian.... or is from the name "John" which is Ivan in Russian.

So, it could be "Yakov-zhelezen" or "Ivan-zhelezen", (where the adjective follows the noun it modifies, so it would be more like "Jack of Iron" in Russian as opposed to Iron Jack) or some other variation along that theme.

BTW, Joseph Stalin derived his name "stalin" from the Russian word for steel, so "Stalin" means "of steel" or "like steel" in Russian. (He was a native Georgian by birth, his real name was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili). Many thought he was a real "zhopa" too.

54 posted on 07/28/2002 5:59:27 PM PDT by Washington-Husky
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