Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Feb 27, 2022 11:42:44 GMT 1
What would be the outcome of quoted news below?
‘ The European Union is weighing up banning Russian flights in its airspace, an EU official told Reuters.
Foreign ministers will discuss the plans later on Sunday. Many countries have already taken the decision individually but an EU-wide measure could be part of a new package of sanctions.’
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Post by ForumUser2 on Feb 27, 2022 12:01:54 GMT 1
I know it's not important, but since when has Kiev become Kyiv in English? This was explained to us as we had dinner in Kyiv 2 years ago by our waitress. She told us that everyone pronounced it kee-ev except for Ukrainians who, correctly, pronounced it Kyiv. But how many of us say Muenchen instead of Munich or Warsaw instead of Warszawa?
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Post by Seaboots on Feb 27, 2022 12:31:19 GMT 1
I know it's not important, but since when has Kiev become Kyiv in English? This was explained to us as we had dinner in Kyiv 2 years ago by our waitress. She told us that everyone pronounced it kee-ev except for Ukrainians who, correctly, pronounced it Kyiv. But how many of us say Muenchen instead of Munich or Warsaw instead of Warszawa? ……or indeed Paree instead of Paris ‘
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Post by Nifty on Feb 27, 2022 12:32:57 GMT 1
and how many Welsh people use Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch these days?
A long way from Ukraine I know, but, it is Sunday andI think that it might be a while before there is any firm dependable news on that front.
I first heard song below 51 years ago and thought that the lines went
I wanna know have you ever seen rain coming, down The Hague
and was an oblique reference to the U. S. war with Vietnam, still a long way from Ukraine, but a similar crime to my mind.
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Post by Aardvark on Feb 27, 2022 17:23:12 GMT 1
I'm surprised you haven't mentioned "Proud Mary". Still burning today thanks to being legalised in many states.
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Post by Veem on Mar 1, 2022 18:29:17 GMT 1
I'm going to have to get used to Chicken keev. I wonder why, for all these years, we've all been pronouncing this wrongly.
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Post by ajm on Mar 1, 2022 18:35:53 GMT 1
In light of the present situation chicken Kiev is an oxymoron.
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Post by exile on Mar 1, 2022 21:05:14 GMT 1
I'm going to have to get used to Chicken keev. I wonder why, for all these years, we've all been pronouncing this wrongly. Because for all those years we have used the Russian rather than the Ukrainian pronunciation and derived spelling.
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Post by woolybanana on Mar 3, 2022 15:35:38 GMT 1
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Post by ibis on Mar 5, 2022 18:55:20 GMT 1
Supermarkets are limiting the amount of sunflower oil you can purchase here in Spain...
Fish and chips just got more expensive...
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Post by JohnnyD on Mar 7, 2022 22:31:51 GMT 1
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Post by JohnnyD on Mar 7, 2022 22:34:11 GMT 1
These exact craft flew over our house tonight........ I waved to the pilots, but they couldn't stop for tea
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Post by annabellespapa on Mar 8, 2022 9:23:20 GMT 1
These exact craft flew over our house tonight........
I waved to the pilots, but they couldn't stop for tea
On a lighter side, I used to have TopTrumps card game when I was a kid, the Strato beat any wing span in the pack !
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Post by amandaj on Mar 8, 2022 9:36:36 GMT 1
On a lighter side, I used to have TopTrumps card game when I was a kid, the Strato beat any wing span in the pack ! My brother and I had the same set. Thanks for the reminder.
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