dieseldave:
Hi orys, Here are my entries for this competition…
As you can see, there are quite a few possibilities for the letters “PB” covering several East European countries. Your clue “Пд” isn’t quite PB now is it?
(That’s cos П is a “P” and д is a “D” in the Cyrillic alphabet. )
No.
Becouse layout of the number plate also matters.
And Пд is just Plovdiv’s distinguisher in old Bulgarian number plate system…
Hi orys, I wouldn’t argue that point with you…,
But the letters PD aren’t on the number plate whether the letters are Latin or Cyrillic now are they??
Innocent Western chaps, even those who understand the Cyrillic alphabet, such as myself weren’t to know.
That wasn’t much of a clue, it was more like a red herring. To be fair though, you did catch me out with it.
I can’t read the cyrilic alphabet, I just was there and I know what letters stay for Plovdiv and when you made me unsure if I am right i checked in Wikipedia where I found another useful informations
orys:
I can’t read the cyrilic alphabet, I just was there and I know what letters stay for Plovdiv and when you made me unsure if I am right i checked in Wikipedia where I found another useful informations
Hi orys, you’ve surprised me a bit there mate…
I honestly thought that Poles (those above a certain age) had had to learn the Cyrillic alphabet in their schooldays.
Didn’t President Zaleski have something to do with that?
Maybe that’s not true, or maybe you’re younger than I imagined.
dieseldave:
Hi orys, you’ve surprised me a bit there mate…
I honestly thought that Poles (those above a certain age) had had to learn the Cyrillic alphabet in their schooldays.
I am the first generation who did NOT had mandatory Russian in school… And my primary was the first one in are which replaced Russian with German… But TBH I would like more to have Russian than German…
Didn’t President Zaleski have something to do with that?
Now I am suprised.Who’s President Zaleski?
Maybe that’s not true, or maybe you’re younger than I imagined.
I am about 29 now… Sorry if that’s not old enaugh for you
dieseldave:
Didn’t President Zaleski have something to do with that?
Now I am suprised.Who’s President Zaleski?
Hi orys, I think he’s a Polish bloke who got his name put into Wikipedia for some reason…
…however, I do think you’re pulling my leg a bit.
I did my google.
There was a guy Zaleski, he was a president of Poland in exile in late 40s and later, I don’t think that he has any significant role all I know about this period of time is that polish emigrants lost their hope (as Poland went into Soviet sphere of Influence) and support of British Goverment (the Polish army was only army not invited to take part in the Victory Parade!) which was too busy with economic problem of after war Britain to willing to anger Stalin by helping some Poles… All western countries except Ireland, Spain and Vatican withdrawn their recognition for Polish Goverment in Exile after Soviet-backet puppet goverment in Lublin was established.
So as the Polish Wikipedia tells us, Zaleski refused to give up his “power” - I am using comas, as no such thing existed for president with no country and no partners who agree to recognize him - and thanks to that some of the other emigrants refused to recognize him as a president of Poland as well and emigration split up about that issue…
I never heard this name before so I could learn something thanks to you.
Another President Zaleski is a present major of ToruÅ„ city…
So which one of them you had in your mind and why? I think that noone of them had nothing to do with forced russification of school pupils in People’s Republic of Poland
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