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GOWRAN=HAVRAN

• From: "Andrew Adamatzky" <[email protected]>
• Subject: GOWRAN=HAVRAN
• Date: Wed, 4 Sep 96 19:33:40 +0400
• Organization: St.Petersburg State University, Russia
• References: <[email protected]>

>   >I know the name "Gowran"  isthe slavic pronounciation of the word "crow."
>   >Maddalena Romano
>
>   I think you're on the wrong track here.  I'm not sure what you mean by a
>   "slavic pronounciation" of "crow", but in Russian (for example) there are
>   two often confused words for these black birds:
>                   BOPOH     (VO-ron)      "raven"
>                   BOPOHA    (va-RO-na)    "crow"
>   -- Voragh
Maddalena is wright. I opened Russian-Czech dictionary and found:

        BOPOH ('raven' in Russian) = HAVRAN ('raven' in Czech)

If you will pronounce "H" as "G", first "A" as "O" and "V" as "W" it
will be Q.E.D.

But 'crow' in Czech will be VRANA.

--- Je

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