Re: Mir [off topic]


to tenchi@usagi.jrd.dec.com
from Brazil <borgward@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
subject Re: Mir [off topic]
date Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:27:53 +0200 (METDST)
On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Federico Talens Alesson wrote:

> > 
> > On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Brazil wrote:
> > > Mir has a Sojus capsule permanently attached to it. Unless something very
> > > dramatically happens (like an explosion), the inhabitants can always
> > > escape should the situation get critical.
> > 
> > I think it's very sad that the first time I read the above, I
> > thought it said "Mir has Souja's capsule attached to it."

No, it just means you`re one of us.
 
> I think it is because actually the capsule is a "Soyuz" and the odd spelling
> fooled you

Actually it must be written in kyrillic (sp?) letters. Same as with 
Japanese: once you romanize it, nitpicking becomes senseless.


Michael "Brazil" Borgwardt --- Member of #WASHU# and Her would-be guinea-pig.
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