Checkpoint Charlie

[Lotoshko Yu. R.]

Добавьте национальный колорит
Чекпойнт - проверочный пункт
Чарли - англичан, американцев (в отличие от других  оккупационных зон)

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Isham" <jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Checkpoint Charlie


> I believe that they have no separate Russian nickname equivalent for
> the term (in fact if I'm not mistaken the English-language term was
> used by the Germans themselves).  I've only seen it in Russian texts
> either written with our alphabet, or else directly transcribed
> Чекпойнт-Чарли.  The generic Russian term for such a checkpoint is
> Контрольно-пропускной пункт (КПП).
>
> See this website, for example (scroll down to the sixth museum):
>
> http://www.berlinez.de/themes/berlin/berlin_museum4.html
>
> Regards,
>
> John Isham
>
>
>
> Квотироние Raul MacDiarmid <raul_macdiarmid at WEB.DE>:
>
> > Can anyone supply the Russian name for "Checkpoint Charlie"
> > formerly between East and West Berlin?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > RM
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