Re: Chernobyl Equals Black And White in Russian

On 2006-12-20, T Wake <usenet.es7at@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"NO Nukes SA" <nonukesa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1166652562.471974.169090@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Also, very interestingly,

Chernobyl

can mean

"Black and White"

in Russian!


I missed the bit where this was interesting, sorry.

Or even true, for that matter: _bel_ is the root meaning white in
Russian, "byl" isn't related to it at all.

--
Darrin
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