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Subject: Re: Rybka - I bought it

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 17:09:21 12/16/05

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On December 16, 2005 at 20:07:50, Albert Silver wrote:

>On December 16, 2005 at 19:54:50, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2005 at 19:01:48, Graham Banks wrote:
>>
>>>Rybka means "little fish"
>>>
>>>Regards, Graham.
>>
>>Uh, I think it is a big fish just the same!
>>
>>I see on the online dictionary it's a "fishlet" from the Czech.
>>
>>Fishlet is undefined in the www.m-w.com for English...
>>
>>Stuart
>
>Well, in Russian it means little fish. Fishlet sounds like some Czech trying to
>get fancy in his translations... :-)
>
>It is pronounced (roll the R in the front with the tongue): Roobka.
>
>                                      Albert

So it is a Russian word? Babelfish didn't know about it with the Rybka spelling
as Russian.




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