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|    Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev    |
|    An exercise in transation    |
|    13 Jul 19 21:37:30    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d2a24ea       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5d2652b6       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Hi, Anton Shepelev!       I read your message from 11.07.2019 00:03               AK>> Apelsin fruit (orange fruit) came from Holland -- in Russia they        AK>> thought it was an apple, and they called it by the Holland        AK>> word "appel".               AS> Let me dare a conjecture (without consulting the all-knowing        AS> DuckDuckGo) that appelsin means not merely an apple, but rather a        AS> Chinese apple, even as!?! pomodoro' means a golden apple.              Apel (apple, Holland) Sien(Holland, Chinese)               AK>> In this way we had got the word "apelsin" and "apelsinovy        AK>> cvet(color)" (which, however, is more yellowish than orange color,        AK>> in Russia).               AS> Now you are teaching me Russian. I never knew the distinction        AS> existed. How did you learn about it, and whence?              I read it here:       http://tinyurl.com/y4da3o3w              Bye, Anton!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2019              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 203/0 221/1 360 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 5268 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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