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Mikojan
May 12, 2010

Mistle posted:

:lmao: A bunch of Rule 2, but it's coming from people too scared to post in the thread :lmao:

"The Ukraine" is very much in line with "Kiev, and not Kyiv" in that another region has foisted a term on others and the rest of the world just goes with it, even if it might be from an oppressor governance.

If Japan was insistent on calling itself "Nippon/Nihon" instead of Japan everywhere, it would be the same situation, and you would be wrong to insist on the latter when the country itself insists that it be known internationally as the former.

Thanks to learning cyrillic, I occasionally mistype H's for N's and it bugs me even more than it would have, and the worst part is the keyboard keys are adjacent. I do the same with p's for r's on occasion, but only when I'm really distracted.

Also anyone serious about typing poo poo have IME or can just hit up the google translate and peck as a virtual keyboard if they lack admin to install the IME.

Someone forgot to notify the English-speaking French diplomacy that it goes by Kyiv now.

If there is any country that will miss spell or miss pronounce any other country / city name its the French. They usually assign their own names to poo poo and stick with it to the death

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WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

СУКА




Ruhoh Scooby the air assault is taking another major beating today with Ukraine Artillery being unmatched in this intensity.

Lammasu
May 8, 2019

lawful Good Monster
I remember when India wanted to change New Delhi's name to its original one, but they walked it back because no one knew what they were talking about when they said the new name.

Philonius
Jun 12, 2005

Mikojan posted:

If there is any country that will miss spell or miss pronounce any other country / city name its the French. They usually assign their own names to poo poo and stick with it to the death

Every language does this for any place they were aware of in pre-modern times.

The french might call a place 'Allemagne' , but Germany ain't the proper name for it either.

Knormal
Nov 11, 2001

Lammasu posted:

I remember when India wanted to change New Delhi's name to its original one,
Delhi Classic?

Tafferling
Oct 22, 2008

DOOT DOOT
ALL ABOARD THE ISS POLOKONZERVA

Knormal posted:

Delhi Classic?

Delhite

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Delhi zero

Antigravitas
Dec 8, 2019

Die Rettung fuer die Landwirte:
Many languages have their own terms of certain places, because that's how language works. Some of them are transliterations to approximate the pronunciation of the place in a different alphabet and with different pronunciation rules.

In German the capital is "Kiev" and the coutry is "die Ukraine" because "Ukraine" is female and requires an article, just like "die Türkei" or "die Schweiz". You can only drop the article for nouns that are singular neuter.

Similarly in French, it's "la Ukraine" because "Ukraine" is female.


This confuses the English monoglots.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Dwesa posted:

the time has come again to test the hopeless Wunderwaffe and spread radiation in the Arctic Ocean

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1708814109028827643

from the article

Strategic Rocket Forces: "blyat, the ICBM's nuclear fissile material is missing!"

Strategic Rocket Forces commander: "let me handle this."

*calls press*

Strategic Rocket Forces commander: "yes we now have nuclear cruise missiles!"

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Der Kyhe posted:

Putting a ****ton of money

Der Kyhe posted:

Putting a Puccton of money

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars
Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost
been a right wing prepper talkin point in america for some years now

bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost

tiaz posted:

okay wait I changed my mind, tell me more about this jalapeno cheese spread


bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost
read the lil essay too

https://terminallance.com/2015/12/08/terminal-lance-408-mre-exchange-rates/

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

mods plz probate margarita for bloodlust but release her for self ownage

theghostpt
Sep 1, 2009

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

"Let's nuke ourselves back to stone age" wasn't on my bingo card

Strategic Tea
Sep 1, 2012

All sorts of poo poo going down in The Rus

Tai
Mar 8, 2006

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

Good to see that there is a healthy Physics education in schools.....

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Tai posted:

Good to see that there is a healthy Geography education in schools.....

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
who am I kidding, implying she knows Physics

sarcastx
Feb 26, 2005



Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

Gotta get Xenia Onatopp to steal the Eurocopter first

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZK7UOsKFQ4

lmao at Olga carassing Elons balls

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

sarcastx posted:

Gotta get Xenia Onatopp to steal the Eurocopter first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoZbQBj7IN8

are we sure that wasn't a Russian chopper since it shot itself with a missile

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

I swear every time yu think they have lowered the stupidity bar as low as it can go, they find new depths of stupid

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

When you think of yourself as Snake from Escape from LA but actually you are more like Steve-O trying to ignite farts underwater

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.


Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

Following the logic that Prigozhin's attempt at a coup was somehow good for Russia, I assume they are exploring the idea that when terrible things happen to Russia it is actually good?

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Ruble to Dollar hit 100 briefly today. Recovered back under 100 but heading back towards it again.

celewign
Jul 11, 2015

just get us in the playoffs

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

Why is she so tan? It looks ridiculous, like trump.

RBA-Wintrow
Nov 4, 2009


Clapping Larry
"The stakes are getting higher".
The stakes for Ukraine have not changed. Russia is just now starting to realize there may actually be a cost to bullying.

Rugz
Apr 15, 2014

PLS SEE AVATAR. P.S. IM A BELL END LOL
On the topic of the stakes of the war to Russians, another report today of a member of the Wagner penal battalion going home after their 6 months service and promptly torching a house with 2 women inside it. Sadly not a new development by any means but this is the first report I have seen since the whole 'There aren't enough cops to handle crimes against citizens' insight earlier this week. God knows what the crime rate against citizens is going to be when all of the police time is devoted to protecting the state from the population and violent criminals are filtering back unreformed into society.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

It always come back to Belka

Tai
Mar 8, 2006

Rugz posted:

On the topic of the stakes of the war to Russians, another report today of a member of the Wagner penal battalion going home after their 6 months service and promptly torching a house with 2 women inside it. Sadly not a new development by any means but this is the first report I have seen since the whole 'There aren't enough cops to handle crimes against citizens' insight earlier this week. God knows what the crime rate against citizens is going to be when all of the police time is devoted to protecting the state from the population and violent criminals are filtering back unreformed into society.

Off topic here but stop posting in UKMT. It's a good self regulating thread and I don't think you're a good fit for it. Or lurk there a bit more and understand it. It's a unique thread that doesn't require strict D&D rules. It is prone to a bit of doomerism now and then and easy to troll but it doesn't need making GBS threads up with contrarian arguements.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Tai posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZK7UOsKFQ4

lmao at Olga carassing Elons balls

Olga : "while we may not be winning the war war we are winning the meme war" :geno:

DiomedesGodshill
Feb 21, 2009

Dwesa posted:

Russian propagandist is threatening to *checks notes* nuke Siberia to cause EMP?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1709154340873625638

Are tanning beds causing brain damage? Anyway, I think she is on to something.

Whenever I order a margarita I ask for no salt.

RDM
Apr 6, 2009

I LOVE FINLAND AND ESPECIALLY FINLAND'S MILITARY ALLIANCES, GOOGLE FINLAND WORLD WAR 2 FOR MORE INFORMATION SLAVA UKRANI

Rugz posted:

On the topic of the stakes of the war to Russians, another report today of a member of the Wagner penal battalion going home after their 6 months service and promptly torching a house with 2 women inside it. Sadly not a new development by any means but this is the first report I have seen since the whole 'There aren't enough cops to handle crimes against citizens' insight earlier this week. God knows what the crime rate against citizens is going to be when all of the police time is devoted to protecting the state from the population and violent criminals are filtering back unreformed into society.
Violence against women isn't a crime it's a Traditional Value so this is another great success in the struggle against the West

Oscar Wilde Bunch
Jun 12, 2012

Grimey Drawer

RDM posted:

Violence against women isn't a crime it's a Traditional Value so this is another great success in the struggle against the West

It’s wömen bröther. Remember yöur vöws.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Rugz posted:

On the topic of the stakes of the war to Russians, another report today of a member of the Wagner penal battalion going home after their 6 months service and promptly torching a house with 2 women inside it. Sadly not a new development by any means but this is the first report I have seen since the whole 'There aren't enough cops to handle crimes against citizens' insight earlier this week. God knows what the crime rate against citizens is going to be when all of the police time is devoted to protecting the state from the population and violent criminals are filtering back unreformed into society.

it's great for the mobilization effort because the punishment brigade is a revolving door

Von Pluring
Sep 19, 2003


Zelensky's Zealots
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Tarquinn posted:

Btw, all EU foreign ministers are currently in Kiev:

https://twitter.com/francediplo_EN/status/1708791598094426546

Remember this from a few pages back? Apparently the Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billström missed the whole thing. Dude forgot his passport.

Gejnor
Mar 14, 2005

Fun Shoe

Von Pluring posted:

Remember this from a few pages back? Apparently the Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billström missed the whole thing. Dude forgot his passport.

Klumpige jäkel!!!

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Von Pluring
Sep 19, 2003


Zelensky's Zealots
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Gejnor posted:

Klumpige jäkel!!!

Ja, en riktig klant.

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