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Mark Edwards - 04 Oct 2006 20:06 GMT

I found this Russian picture online and had to share:

http://tinyurl.com/hga7d or

http://professional-geek.com/personal/images/cats/missing_pieces.jpg

Rough translation (VERY ROUGH - someone else is likely to have a much
better translation) is something like:

"I want a tender, gentle housecat..."
"But I dream of a snow white mastiff..."

At any rate, even without a translation, it's evocative of the missing
pieces in our lives, without our animal companions.

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 04 Oct 2006 22:38 GMT

> I found this Russian picture online and had to share:

> http://tinyurl.com/hga7d or
> http://professional-geek.com/personal/images/cats/missing_pieces.jpg

> Rough translation (VERY ROUGH - someone else is likely to have a much
> better translation) is something like:

> "I want a tender, gentle housecat..."
> "But I dream of a snow white mastiff..."

What a clever idea! I really like those pictures.

Do you know Russian, Mark? (At least, some?)

Joyce

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Mark Edwards - 05 Oct 2006 02:09 GMT

Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwards@comcast.net> wrote:

> > I found this Russian picture online and had to share:
> >
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> > "I want a tender, gentle housecat..."
> > "But I dream of a snow white mastiff..."

>What a clever idea! I really like those pictures.
>Do you know Russian, Mark? (At least, some?)

Not at all. But there is a website:

http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en

which has a virtual keyboard to enter Cyrillic (and other language)
characters, then tries to translate. Of course, the translation is
very general, and you have to decide how to parse it grammatically.

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 05 Oct 2006 02:22 GMT

> >Do you know Russian, Mark? (At least, some?)

> Not at all. But there is a website:
> http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en

> which has a virtual keyboard to enter Cyrillic (and other language)
> characters, then tries to translate. Of course, the translation is
> very general, and you have to decide how to parse it grammatically.

By the way, I ran that translation by a Russian-born friend who said
it was more like,

"My cat is tender and gentle...
But I dream of a dog: a snow-white great dane"

Not too far off, actually.

Joyce

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polonca12000 - 09 Oct 2006 21:52 GMT

> I found this Russian picture online and had to share:
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Hugs and Purrs,
> Mark

Thanks, Mark.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

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