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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DMITRY PROTASOFF on Fri Jan 16 08:42:48 2026
    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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  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100.1 to Mike Powell on Fri Jan 16 23:42:21 2026
    Hello, Mike!

    Friday January 16 2026 08:42, you wrote to me:

    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. ;)

    I also think English is much richer than other languages in several other areas:

    1. Law.
    2. Business
    3. Sport
    4. IT/telecom

    Basically, in areas where English-speaking countries were very advanced.

    Best regards,
    dp.

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