Skipper Posted March 26, 2001 Share Posted March 26, 2001 > It is part of their national conscience. Yup. Still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted March 26, 2001 Share Posted March 26, 2001 Btw, female tsar is tsaritsa, not tsarina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Brian Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Originally posted by Skipper: Btw, female tsar is tsaritsa, not tsarina. Hmm..... this whole language thing burns me up. There are people spelling oxygen with as "oxygene" in another thread. Never gonna figure it out. If you use "czar" as I did, the female is "czarina." We're both correct. ------------------ Doc God Bless Chesty Puller, Wherever He Is! [This message has been edited by Dr. Brian (edited 03-27-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 If you are talking about russian "tsar", it is "tsaritsa". Trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Skipper wrote: If you are talking about russian "tsar", it is "tsaritsa". Trust me. And of course, their children were called "tsardines". Sorry, I just had to. - Tommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcePylut Posted March 27, 2001 Author Share Posted March 27, 2001 Where's my NKVD to kill off your Csar's and Tzaritsa from this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Its Tsaritsa. Just showing off, dont mind me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Brian Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Originally posted by The Commissar: Its Tsaritsa. Just showing off, dont mind me What language you guys using? My American dictionary has czar and czarina. Must be british.... ;P ------------------ Doc God Bless Chesty Puller, Wherever He Is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Brian Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Originally posted by Skipper: Russian. Then write it in cyrillic, not English!!!!! ------------------ Doc God Bless Chesty Puller, Wherever He Is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted March 28, 2001 Share Posted March 28, 2001 Bah, Americans and their spelling mistakes... Maybe they refer to the tsaritsa that way in English, but in Russian it was always tsaritsa. ------------------ "...Every position, every meter of Soviet soil must be defended to the last drop of blood..." - Segment from Order 227 "Not a step back" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagdad Posted March 28, 2001 Share Posted March 28, 2001 Interesting thread throughout. Drifting a bit, I saw a mention a ways back of Dieppe as an example of a great military blunder. It reminded me of a book by Ralph Ingersol, Top Secret, written in the mid forties. Ingersol fought in North Africa and was (IIRC) a mid level intelligence officer in Europe before and during D-Day period. According to him, the American contingent considered the Dieppe raid a qualified success when considered as a reconaisance in force. They landed, they stayed and manouvered until morning, they left. Security and intelligence were flawed, to be sure, but even so, again according to Ingersol, who claims to represent the American military opinion in the pre D-Day planning phase, Dieppe could be viewed as more of a success than failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimShady Posted March 28, 2001 Share Posted March 28, 2001 Originally posted by snagdad: According to him, the American contingent considered the Dieppe raid a qualified success when considered as a reconaisance in force. They landed, they stayed and manouvered until morning, they left. Security and intelligence were flawed, to be sure, but even so, again according to Ingersol, who claims to represent the American military opinion in the pre D-Day planning phase, Dieppe could be viewed as more of a success than failure. Yes, do not attack fortified ports head on. LimShady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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