Arneb wrote:Given that uncle Vlad
Arneb wrote:from a position of military superiority, speaks of the dissolution of the Soviet Union as "the biggest gepoplitical catastrophe of the 20th century", I can understand that the Lithuanians and their neighbouring countries hedge more amicable feelings toward the good old US of A than quite a few in our little living room community here.
Мастер wrote:Arneb wrote:Given that uncle Vlad
I'm probably guilty of this one myself, but that's short for Vladislav. Vladimir has the diminutive Vova.
Arneb wrote:from a position of military superiority, speaks of the dissolution of the Soviet Union as "the biggest gepoplitical catastrophe of the 20th century", I can understand that the Lithuanians and their neighbouring countries hedge more amicable feelings toward the good old US of A than quite a few in our little living room community here.
Мастер wrote:And this is somewhat embarrassing. Small countries need help. But the rest of Europe as a whole easily has the population and the resources to defend itself from Russia, for decades, at a minimum. Both population and GDP are larger than that of the US, in fact, and the supply lines would be much shorter. Europe should be entirely capable of seeing to its own defence. It needs only decide that they want to do so, something that hasn't happened so far.
If a small unpopulated island off the coast of Alaska were invaded by a foreign power, I suspect the entire resources of the US military would be devoted to administering a rather severe punishment on the responsible nation. I'm pretty confident that would not happen in Europe (witness Crimea).
Мастер wrote:Arneb wrote:Given that uncle Vlad
I'm probably guilty of this one myself, but that's short for Vladislav. Vladimir has the diminutive Vova.
Мастер wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:Arse, on looking the chap up to find a link to his deeds I found that I had missed an "e" off the end. So Alte Fritz. No doubt another grammar lesson from Arneb or Mactep will follow.
If you insist!
I think you want to go with "Der Alte Fritz". Adjective endings are different, depending on whether they are preceded by the definite article, the indefinite article, or no article. (Nice, eh?). If you don't want to include the "Der" (and I think you should include it), then you need "Alter Fritz". If there are several and this is one of them, then it would be "Ein alter Fritz". These are all nominative masculine endings.
Heid the Ba' wrote:11th February 1990: Nelson Mandela released. As he never re-offended I think we can declare his imprisonment a success.
Arneb wrote:30 years ago, block 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant blew up, causing a meltdown of the reactor core.
Мастер wrote:Is today Tuesday?
Lance wrote:Мастер wrote:Is today Tuesday?
I'm sure it is somewhere.
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