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От : Mike Powell 1:2320/105 16 янв 26 08:42:48
К : DMITRY PROTASOFF 16 янв 26 16:49:02
Тема : Sailor Talk
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> And if I may say something about English - I was amazed by the enormous amount
> of terms used to describe different sea regions. We have almost zero analogues
> in Russian - the British were in fact great sailors:
> Trade Winds
> Roaring Forties
> Furious Fifties
> Screaming Sixties
> Horse Latitudes
> Doldrums
> Westerlies
> etc.
> Or the classical:
> The sun is over the yardarm.
> My favorite ;)
> Nothing even close exists in the Russian language.
Intersting observation. I have heard many of those English terms, but only
know what some of them mean. Others I am not so sure about. ;)
Mike
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