European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and strikes Friday january 8.1988 columns today s crossword if loses something in translation Brush up your russian Delesle it Back. When presi Dent Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty in Washington on medium Ranee mis silts the world television audience witnessed what seemed like a Nice bit of by play Between the two Lead ers. Reagan recalled a russian Maxim though Ray pronunciation May give you difficulty the Ornim is i no pm Rytti Trust but Ven by according to the interpreter. Gorbachev replied amiably you repeat thai at every meet info Reagan smiled i like it and the spirit of Good will was All Over inc place. However a former refuseniks who heard the russian phrase before the English translation writes to set us straight tie used the russian verb Bolu Cit. Which does not mean repeal.1 but Means drivel he Laid. You always in vol that which sounds in this Content rather rude. Most of my russian friends were flabbergasted even in soviet school they Leach people to use such rude words when speaking to older and i peeled people let alone presidents i turned to a second perhaps More objective source. Eugene be Shenkovsky information manager at Colum Bia University s a Averell Harriman Institute for advanced study of the soviet Union says Banuett pronounced Bot to it Yeh does not quite mean 10 drivel which suggests nonsense. It is closer to 10 talk Ghoul just for the Sake of talking " it decs not mean As the interpreter softened it repeal the russian verb for which is pvt Oral. Well was ii rude it is not considered a very polite expression said be Shenkovsky trying to be Diplo Matic bul he then had to be straight about it yes. Rude 1 the perfect translation i think would have been you do run on at the Mouth about that or More politely. You always go on and on about thai might have wiped inc smile off the president s face. Time again to air some peeves by James j. Kilpatrick several months have passed since we list scheduled a Peeve time in this space. Nominations Are piling up and 1 will begin with one of my own. This a. The year 2000" As in deaths from breast cancer could be reduced by 22 percent by the year 2000" if women Over 65 would gel annual mammograms. That was from the Washington poll but we set the tautology everywhere. Social Security will be of through inc year 2000." population in the year 2000" will dec a such and such look the turn of the Century is Only 12 years away. Many Bonds Are sold with maturities in 2000 or 2010. In t in Lime we Ira cd dates in the 2 lit Century As Foniri Gully As we treat dates in the 19th and 20th centuries Hugh a. Scott of King cily ore., is peeved by the mistreat Manl thai he feels ii regularly visited upon uie noun kudos meaning Honor glory or acclaim. He Iii Sis thai this Emigrant from Greece a always Singu on this Issue Ine authorities disagree. American heritage and the big new random House Lay flatly thai in is used with a singular verb. Webster s nigh new collegiate gives Kudo As a singular form and kudos As the plural. But random House also offers examples of Kudo As an acceptable singular form As in one Kudo after i would late the cowardly Way out and find a non Contr Ovonial synonym in its place. Ella Kjonsvik of Seattle wants to know what has happened to that eminently serviceable pronoun act she heard the governor of Washington thank a group for inviting my wife and myself to a function. He never would have said thank you for inviting Peeve noted and approved. Irma sonics of Lafayette la., objects to inc inces Sant use of Eye As a verb medicare hike eyed. Studies Eye booze cancer and new Iberia eying City budget 1 sympathize with her complaint but my heart ties with the headline writers. They have a Lough enough time Asil is without depriving them of to Eye. Bul maybe like to held it could be hired bide leu often. Half a Doican Sellera come to hand protesting pre Van Lclive As a High toned version of All my dictionaries list preventive Webster s ninth collegiate dates it from 1654bul i can t Sec that in adds much 10 the simpler and older in the same vein letters Are no hand complaining of to orientate As a pompous Way of saying to i d go with preventive and Orient several readers join in a growl at first annual As in the pint annual Oregon Book it Battles reason and logic to contend that the first such ceremony is the first annual ceremony bul the usage is deeply entrenched. The Rev. Kenneth Mitchell of Seattle writes to say thai most clergymen Are offended by the casual use of reverend As in Reader disagree with reverend s his argument is that "reverend1 is not a noun and should not be used As onegin is an Adjer he equates the reverend with the honorable and remarks that no headline writer would say Reader disagrees with honorable position the trouble is that reverend has been treated As a noun since at least 1608. American heritage and random House say the noun form is on this Issue 1 stand with the Rev. Or. Mitchell. In looks better to my Eye and it sounds better id my car. 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