Babel

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Quoting "Timothy D. Sergay" <tsergay at COLUMBUS.RR.COM>:

> Dear Janneke and SEELANGERs,
> 
>     In Odessan slang 
> (http://odessaonline.com.ua/go2.php?dir=humor&m2=6&m3=1), "zmeika" evidently
> means "molniia." For Babel, it would seem, these up and coming Odessan 
> chanteuses are "lightning flashes" or "glimmers," auguring a bright cultural
> future for the city.


Yes, _zmeika_ is a synonym for _molniia_, but in the meaning "zipper," 
not "lightning."

Bob Rothstein

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