terminology

[Lyudmila Parts]

As someone who anxiously scanned the list of victims for familiar names,
I find nothing funny in this messgae. My apologies to the list for
the personal note.
L.P.
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Rydel wrote:

> Yet another linguistic pearl. Overheard on Euronews
> last night, reporting on the recent suicide bomber in
> Israel: [among the victims were] "...thirteen girls,
> five boys and one Ukrainian tourist."  I guess
> Ukrainians will be thrilled to find out that they
> represent a third yet undiscovered sex. :-)
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> Regards,
> Rydel
> http://www.geocities.com/rydel23/
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> Uladzimir Katkouski wrote:
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> If you go now to europe.cnn.com site and look at the
> "quick vote" (located
> near the bottom of the page), you'll see the following
> text: "Should Russian
> and European countries support the U.S. missile
> defense system if they are
> able to sell components for it? Yes/No"
> I have a question: what the heck is meant by "Russian countries"???
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Lyudmila Parts
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