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Ocelot Spleens 13 Feb 5:58pm, 13 Feb 2025 40,394 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Remember, the rest of the leaders in Europe will stand, fair and square, right behind Trump.
Dvorak 13 Feb 6:40pm, 13 Feb 2025 28,509 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Ooh, little bit of politics (said in Ben Elton voice). Although that of course is exactly why I was looking something up and found that out. (In overall terms there are considerably more Russian speakers in Vilnius and Klaipéda, but a much lower percentage.)
57.5 Degrees of Pain 13 Feb 7:21pm, 13 Feb 2025 27,113 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain Dvorak wrote:Ooh, little bit of politics (said in Ben Elton voice). Although that of course is exactly why I was looking something up and found that out. (In overall terms there are considerably more Russian speakers in Vilnius and Klaipéda, but a much lower percentage.) Still enough to need 'defending' though. I'm speaking as someone going to Estonia for his summer holiday. Maybe.
Neal 15 Feb 6:17am, 15 Feb 2025 309 posts	Quote Pin Neal Quite obvious when it is pointed out: carnival, carnevale in Italian, literally means carne (meat) + vale (Latin for goodbye)
Eynsham Red 15 Feb 10:50am, 15 Feb 2025 11,779 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Former news reader and Strictly winner, Natasha Kaplinsky, is president of the British Board of Film Classification.