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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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