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To: eks41

Are Muskovites residents of Muscow?


2 posted on 09/27/2005 5:49:45 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: Mi-kha-el

There's a little town near here called Moscow, I'll have to ask.


3 posted on 09/27/2005 5:54:32 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Mi-kha-el; eks41
Are Muskovites residents of Muscow?

Muscovite is a mineral. It's a phylosilicate.

6 posted on 09/27/2005 6:04:55 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Mi-kha-el
Ancient Russian tribe which founded Moscow more then 800 years ago called "Moskovites" ("Muskovites"). Now "Moskovit" means something like "rough ignorant Russian", "Russian barbarian".
7 posted on 09/27/2005 6:11:08 AM PDT by eks41
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