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Subject: Re: Rybka - I bought it

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 17:17:01 12/16/05

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On December 16, 2005 at 20:09:21, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

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

Did you spell it with the Cyrilic alphabet?

                              Albert



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