HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: L629159@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Oct 1973: Yom Kippur War (To Husam)
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 22:14:01 GMT

From: eldibmr@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Moataz R Eldib)

In article <1992Nov12.064735.27720@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
carasso@Turing.ORG (Roger Carasso) writes:

> Israel attack was not unprovoked.  On May 22, 1967 Nasser blocked the
> Gulf of Aqaba cutting off Israeli port of Eilat, breaking
> International Law.  The same week the Ba'ath Party seized power in
> Syria and opened a new campaign of terrorism against Israel, while the
> Syrian Army Shelled Israeli villiages in the Golan.  On May 15,
> Egyptian forces rolled into the Sinai (In 1957 Egypt agreeed to
> demilitarize the Sinai).  On May 17, Cairo Radio's Voice of the Arabs
> proclaimed: "All Egypt is now prepared to plunge into a total war
> which will put an end to Israel. "  Other quopets from Nasser that
> persuaded Israel that an attack was immenent and that a pre-emptive
> > If you call that unprovoked, then you're fucking on drugs.  If Israel
> wanted more land they wouldn't have given up the Sinai or territories
> beyond the Golan that it took in 67.  They want peace, and the sooner
> the Arabs recognize ISrael's right to Exist, the sooner they can have
> their land back.
>
>
> roger

	You seem to have a very short and selective memeory of History.
	In the 1950's, leading up to the Suez crisis, Ben-Gurion ordered
	an unprovoked attack against Egypt, with the express purpose of
	baiting Nasser and Egypt into a military confrontation.
	Before this attack Nasser was only concerned with Egyptian 	
	domestic affairs, not a conflict with Israel.  Nasser was even 	
	asking the U.S.  for money to build the Aswan Dam.
	And then of course everyone seems to forget what that "brave hero"
	Ariel Sharon was doing in the 50's.  Sharon lead an elite army 	
	unit that's prupose was to go into Palestinian villages and kill
	women and childern while they slept. This was a mission approved
	of by Ben-Gurion.
Moataz

You also seem to forget that it was not the whole Gulf of Aqaba that
was closed by the Egyptian action, but only Egyptian territorial
waters.  It is not the Egyptians fault that Israel possessed no
ships of sufficiently shallow draft to negotiate the Straits of
Tiran outside Egyptian waters.   By no stretch of the law or of
imagination was this a violation of international law or of any
treaty or other agreement.

Al Moore
From: aaldoubo@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ohm Salam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Arab Unity
Date: 6 Nov 92 03:49:59 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

In article <1992Nov5.171048.4672@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> y41@aix320a.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Jafr bin Haza) writes:
>Kaf Halek?

Alhamdulillah, rabi alameen.  :-)  (Shouldn't it be 'keif halkoom'?  :-)

>Can someone tell me why lebanese have their own newsgroup?  How can
>Arabs stick together with such nonsense?  The last time I checked
>Lebanese were Arabs????  

To my understanding, the (Lebanese) consider themselves Lebanese before
Arabs.  They might also want soc.culture.lebanon to discuss the dirty
politics of the Syrian Occupation and the civil war there.  I remember
receiving several semi-flammatory responses when I suggested that they
are Arabs first before Lebanese in a former thread about the US elections.

So ... let them be (though I appreciate what you were trying
to convey here).
 
Anisa
From: bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: Re: Arab Unity
Date: 11 Nov 92 04:34:32 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Nov10.235730.1278@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wmuhanna@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Waleed A Muhanna) writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.214206.21065@trl.oz.au> a.Faris@trl.oz.au  writes:
>>I do not think that Pan Arabism will solve any problems, and stand to create
>>new ones. The Arabic people are not uniform in culture and geopraphically
>>separated by deserts and seas.

>I disagree.  Let me put it this way: the similarities between the Arab
>people, IMO, far outweigh the differences which may exist in reality 
>[... lotsa good points deleted ....]

You make some very good points in rebuttal to his second sentence, Waleed.
But what did you think of his first sentence?  What problems could
Pan Arabism realistically hope to solve or lessen, and how could
it achieve this?  

--
Dave Bakken                               Internet: bakken@cs.arizona.edu
Dept. of Computer Science; U of Arizona   Voice:    +1 602 621 4098      
Tucson, AZ 85721; USA                     FAX:      +1 602 621 4246
The fact that you're paranoid doesn't prove they're *not* out to get you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein)
Subject: Re: Palestine
Organization: NYSERNet, Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:54:38 GMT

dzk@cs.brown.edu (Danny Keren) writes:

>mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Michael Gschwind) writes:
>#astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein) writes:

>#   Or have you really forgotten the fact that it was Jordan that attacked
>#   Israel in 1967, that refused to negotiate a territorial compromise

>#Trash! Israel attacked!

>No, Jordan attacked. Israel was at war with Egypt, and was attacked
>by Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. Israel passed two messages (via UN
>General Bull) to King Hussein, warning him to stay out of the war
>and telling him that nothing will happen if he does. the answer
>was shelling and bombing of the Jewish part of Jerusalem and the
>coastal region. Possibly, Hussein just couldn't control his army
>anymore. 

Are you sure you want to confuse Michael with the facts?
-- 
Alan H. Stein   -----  AJIN   -----  astein@israel.nysernet.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
From: ilyess@ECE.Concordia.CA (Ilyess Bdira)
Subject: Re: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (was Re: Egypt and the Arab world)
Keywords: Muslim brotherhood, Egypt
Organization: ECE - Concordia University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 01:37:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.225127.15764@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> abde@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Tamer A. Abdelgawad) writes:

>Now I'm confused.  How can you advocate a political group without knowing
>their position on such critical issues as peace with Israel, economic policy
>and social policy?  What do the Ikhwan WANT to do in Egypt?  Impose Shariaa?
>How is that going to solve Egypt's foreign debt problem? or declining 
>productivity? or.. or..?

I am not Egyptian, so I have no say in who should rule Egypt, but I know
that Egypt is very similar to my country Tunisia.. In particular:
1)Both people display the same attitude towards tyrants: They joke about
them, and hope for change to come from the sky.. If a secret ballot is 
given, they would vote against the government, but they would not sacrifice
to defend their choice, if as always the election is rigged, Both people by
the way think they are smarter than other Arabs (which I believe is not
the case)..
2)Both governments are supported by foreign intelligence organization and
have a very advanced security apparatus themselves. While so far the Egyptian
goverment has killed systematically only Jihad-Islamists, the Tunisian one
did not hesitate to eliminate members of Annahdha who are more moderate in 
their views but more determined in their demands.
3)Both ruling gangs are involved deeplyin all sorts of illegal activities
(drug deelings, receiving foreign money to give favors to some companies,
etc..)

So, I see the Muslim brotherhood as the leading opposition to the
corrupt ruling party, why should not I root for them if I was Egyptian?
They could not be worse than the current government!
>
>The fact of the matter is that the 'Brotherhood" IS "going out to the people
>and asking for [their] vote" as the news clip you posted mentions.  While it
>is true that elections are rigged in some districts, opposition leaders have
>been elected to the "assembly" before. And if you believe the quotes in the 
>news-clip you posted, then the 'Brotherhood' definitely does not underestimate
>their support.

The brotherhood, or any Islamic movement, if they win elections will
probably engage in a big debate about the issues you mentioned... But they
are sincere, which you cannot say about the current rulers.
>
>Tamer Abdelgawad


Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
From: penev@venezia (Penio Penev)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Re: A poem
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:29:27 GMT
Reply-To: penev@venezia.rockefeller.ed
Organization: Rockefeller University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Ivan Sadinski (ivan@marvin.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
: In article <6631@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> lb@cs.man.ac.uk (Luben Boyanov) writes:
: >
: >Enjoy:
: >
: >	Ot zanik-slunze ozareni,
: >	aleyat morski shirini;
: 	[the rest of the poem deleted]
: >
: >----------------------
: 
: Thank you, sounds wonderful. 
: 
: >
: >So - the name of the poet, poem and whom was it dedicated?

This is "Zatochenici" from Yavorov. Yet this is on his best poems. It
was written for a group of armenian rebbels, who were caught, brought
to court and convicted. The verdict was "zatichenie w Diarhbeckir".
I cannot remember the Year
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
From: gogo@wam.umd.edu (George Makov Stantchev)
Subject: New Parliament Chairman
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:24:37 GMT

Since last week we have a new chairman of the National Assembly - the distin-
guished political figure Sasho Yordanov. I have no information who has taken
his job as a leader of the UDF group in the Parliament. As far as I know there
is still no government appointed, but no doubt the process would get acceleratedafter Mr. Yordanov's inauguration. 

|_|_|b sq opravim!
Cheerz,
\|/
/|\OPO CTAH^lEB
From: radenski@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: ALGORITHM
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:50:04 GMT
Organization: Minnesota State University System

Do you already know the last explanation of the word "algorithm"?

Here it is:

 "an Al Gore rhythm is what Bill Clinton plays on the saxophone"

David Harel sent  this definition to everybody from the mailing list 
THEORYNT. He said he had learned it from Fred Landman, a linguistic
professor at Cornell.

I hope that you would find this joke great as I did.

Regards,

Atanas Radenski
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
From: fitch@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Don't blame me- I voted for Bill and Opus)
Subject: Please, all Bulgarian or Macedonian speakers, help out!
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 03:11:54 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

	The Russian and East Central European Studies Program at
Colorado State University is designing a t-shirt, and we need your
help and assistance.  What is needed is this: can you translate
the phrase "RUSSIAN AND EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN STUDIES" into
Bulgarian, Macedonian, or any other local language?

	This is a fundraiser and it will assist us to provide 
programs, as we have no funding from the university.  You would
really be helping us out.  Thank you for your time and patience.

	Please respond directly to: fitch@lamar.colostate.edu

Sincerely,
Chris Fitch
R.E.C.E.S. Program, CSU
From: lb@cs.man.ac.uk (Luben Boyanov)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Kirilica again
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:57:18 GMT
Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.


In article <vassil.721254544@cs.wisc.edu> vassil@mary-ann.cs.wisc.edu (Vassil Peytchev) writes:

[deleted]

>Razbira se. Vswshtnost az izpolsvam lex (generator za leksikalni
>analyzatori), koyto e standarten za Unix.

Ami da - mnogo po-hitro ... 

>>Moje bi kompromis sws "x"? Ima nesto obshto po zvuchene sus 'sh' ... :-(
>
>Izpolzvayki lex, ne e mnogo trudno dumite sws `s-h' da se razglejdat kato
>specialen sluchay, oshte poveche, che po-golyamata chast ot tyah sa srodni.

Ako nyakoy ima elektronen rechnik na Bulgarski, vednaga moje da 'grep'-ne
kolko takiva sluchya ima v Bulgarskiya, kolko ot drugi, i t.n...

>>Imash v predvid, che er-malwk e sledvan ot 'o' i togava programata ti ne go
>>prevrwshta v i-kratko?
>
>Ne, imam predvid, che ako `y' sledva neshto drugo osven glasna i ne
>predhojda `a' ili `u', togava e prevwrnato v er-malwk.

mai sum spal kato swm pisal gornoto ... Sorry. Osven spomenatite ot teb
sluchai, mai tryabva da dobavish i kogato 'y' e v nachaloto - may nyama
duma, zapochvashta s 'er-malwk' ?

> Teoreticheski
>er-malwk moje da bwde sledvan i ot `e' i `i', no tova may se izpolzva samo
>kogato se predava dialekten govor (" ot dalyeko i govorya na myeko" -
>nadyavam se, che ne zasyagam nikogo).

Nikoga ne sum znael, che tezi dumi se pishat s 'er-maluk' - prosto nikoga
ne swm gi vijdal napisani :-)))

Govoreiki za gramatika, v edna ot knigite ot predi 100 i > godini otkrih,
che Bulgarskiya ezik e imal ne po-malko ot 7 razlichni gramatiki predi
Osvobojdenieto. Kuzman Shapkarev (t.e. Makedonez) e avtor na Bulgarska
gramatika (da se vwrnem na vwprosa - ne - samo se sheguvam).


>Vsichko hubavo,

Podobno - tazi tvoya programka moje da vleze v FAQ? Ili pone, che ti
imash programkata - neshto protiv?

>-Vassil

Luben
From: zlatev@an.isl.titech.ac.jp (Rossen Zlatev)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Re: transliteration
Date: 8 Nov 92 05:04:05 GMT
Organization: Imaging Science and Engineering Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan
In-reply-to: lihouba@dapsas1's message of 5 Nov 92 23:36:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.233601.26641@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il> lihouba@dapsas1 (Christo Houbaviy) writes:
>
>Gore-dolu sqwtoto kakvoto predlozhih i az, s tazi razlika che spored
>men izkljuchenijata ot tochka 3. mogat da se izpolzuvat v tochka 2, v
>sluchai kogato sqotvetnata bukva na kirilitsa njama spoluchliv analog v
>latinitsata i se izpolzuvat bukvi, koito njamat fonetichen ekvivalent
>v bqlgarskija. Spored men 'w' e dosta chetliv variant na 'sh' i
>izbjagva konflikti kato napr 'shema'.
>

	Predi nyakolko dena, imashe statiya otnosno konfliktite za 
"sh" i "skh" ( shuma, shema(skhema)). Lichno moeto mnenie e che tova
sa izlishni uslojneniya. V angliisko-angliiskite rechnitsi i v AMS TeX
fontovete, se izpolzvat KH za H, TS, ZH za >|< , SHCH za SHT.
Izpolzvaneto na KH za H se nalaga poradi iziskvaniyata na word processing.
	Programite izobrazyavat nepravilno syotvetnata bukva v konfliktni
sluchai, kato "shema", "razhod" i t.n. Ako se napishe "skhema" i "razkhod"
vsichko si idva na myastoto. Da ama nie ne sme  programi. Chovek mnogo
po-byrzo i estestveno opredelya dumata, koyato e napisana. Ta ot prakticheska
gledna tochka, h se izpisva po-byrzo otkolkoto "kh", i "j" otkolkoto "zh".
Nikoi ne ni kara da se syobrazyavame iztsyalo sys syshtestvuvashtite "standarti".
A tova che nyakoya programa nyamalo da vyzprieme tochno tozi kod - tova si e
chisto nein problem. 
	Za "w" spomenah v predishnoto si syobshtenie. Mnogo e primamlivo,
poradi fakta, che e samo edna bukva, no tryabva da se prevklyuchva ot edno
fonetichno zvuchene na drugo - ot latinitsa na kirilitsa. Eto tova e neudobnata
mu cherta.

Sys zdrave: POCEH
From: zlatev@an.isl.titech.ac.jp (Rossen Zlatev)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Re: Latin->Cyrillic map
Date: 11 Nov 92 09:50:18 GMT
	<1992Nov7.180020.5057@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il>
Organization: Imaging Science and Engineering Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan
In-reply-to: lihouba@dapsas1's message of 7 Nov 92 18:00:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.180020.5057@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il> lihouba@dapsas1 (Christo Houbaviy) writes:

>
>	 45 godini vazhod :-) , vartolet , vapros
>
>	 Hizha Bunderitsa, put (pqt), vruh (vrqh), kruchma (krqchma)

	bylgarski, bychva, byklitsa, ygyl, pydpydyk, kysmet, syshto

	Tova sa dumite koito se seshtam ot raz. Otvaryam rechnik i izvajdam
dumi sysdyrjashti ( tazi syshto) y ili q.

	vtylpyavam,  otpechatyk, obryshtam, vyzpriemchiv ( predstavkata vyz)
	impresionizym ( sumati dumichki sys "zym"), syshtnost, dyrzyk,
	mydyr, dostypen, sydyrjanie, syotvetstvie, sydyrjanie, vstypvam,
	svyrzan, prisysht i t.n.

	Tova sa dumichki ot 2-3 stranitsi. Sledovatelno tvyrdenieto:

>[u], kato naprimer v 'quarter'. Na bqlgarski obache 'er-goljam - u' se
>sreshta mnogo rjadko (if at all), a shto se otnasja do kombinatsijata
>'ku' mnogo rjadko njakoi shte ja transkribira kato 'qu'.

	E absolyutno pogreshno. y ili q v bylgarskiya ezik e mnogo chesto
upotrebyavan zvuk. Za razlika ot "er-malyk". V ruskiya ezik e tochno obrat-
noto. 
	Taka che vyprosa za y(q) e vajen i ne moje da byde podminat kakto
vyprosa za "er-malyk". Samo v predishnoto izrechenie ima 3 razlichni dumi,
koito sydyrjat v sebe si "y".

POCEH
From: penev@venezia (Penio Penev)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: The truth about Macedonia. Was: cekpemHu, mayHu u gpysu c^yjbu...
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:54:01 GMT
Reply-To: penev@venezia.rockefeller.ed
Organization: Rockefeller University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Luben Boyanov (lb@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
: and why WE ALL have to know the TRUTH and not let an inch away from this
: truth. But right now, I will tell you something else.

Yes, I agree with You. The problem with our education is that we were
deprived of information on this (as well as many others) topic. In the
pursuit of information it may be good to compile and maintain a list
of publications about Macedonia, along with a brief reference on the
material covered. If nobody more knowledgeable on the subject than I am
volunteers to maintain it, I may do. This may be considered as request
for posting/mailing references. This is the first drop in the see:

Title: Stroitelite na savremenna Bulgaria. v1,v2
Author: Simeon Radev
Publishing info: N/A
Description: A good book on the political and economical processes in
	Bulgaria from 1878 to 191(3?). Useful for acquaintance with
	the overall climate on the Balkans in the period.
From: lb@cs.man.ac.uk (Luben Boyanov)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Mnogo hubava Kirilica (was Re: Kirilitsa)
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:59:30 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.


In article <1992Nov9.172806.6280@midway.uchicago.edu> dim2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <92314.094520IO11412@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <IO11412@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
[stuff deleted]

>>a b v g d e z^ z i j k l m n o p r s t u f h c c^ s^ s^t a^ j ju ja
>>
>>A B V G D E Z^ Z I J K L M N O P R S T U F H C C^ S^ S^t A^   Ju Ja
>
>I think this is a very good proporsal. It is true what we have
>forgotten - people are doing this for quite some time now. So i
>completely agree with the proposed transliteration.
>
>How about you, fellow netters?

I also find it very good and would support this scheme. One can also notice
that `sht' is the only letter presented with 3 characters, so it might be
better to be presented as t^ ? I don't like the `ju' and `ja' and/or that
'i-kratko' and 'er-mala^k' :-) both use `j', while `y' isn't used at all -
so maybe we can use `y' for 'i-kratko'  ... A place for comments ...


IMHO, this is the best scheme presented/proposed so far.


Luben
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
From: K.R.Hauge@easteur-orient.uio.no (Kjetil Ra Hauge)
Subject: Re: Latin->Cyrillic map
Followup-To: soc.culture.bulgaria
Organization: U. of Oslo
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:31:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.180020.5057@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il>, lihouba@dapsas1
(Christo Houbaviy) wrote:

> 
> Da ne govorim za dumi kato qgql (ne moga da izmislja priemliva
> transkriptisja za tazi duma).
> 

Ili ptichkata _pqdpqdqk_.

Kjetil Raa Hauge, U. of Oslo, Norway
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
From: rouskov@CS.ColoState.EDU (yordan rouskov)
Subject: deseti noemwri
Originator: rouskov@CS.ColoState.EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:34:38 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department



Wchera be deseti .

Iznenadam sam che nikoi ne se seti da otbelezhi
tazi osobena data w nai-nai-nowata ni istoria.
Shte e interesno da prochetem niakoi mnenia.
Znam che wsichki sa mnogo zaeti, no mislia che
towa e hubaw powod za rawnosmetka za razwitieto
na stranata prez poslednite 3 godini, kakto i powod
za praznuwane (ne za wsichki razbira se).
From: serasset@imag.fr (Gilles Serasset)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: Re: Latin->Cyrillic map
Date: 4 Nov 92 08:34:28 GMT
Organization: GETA IMAG (Groupe d'Etude pour la Traduction Automatique)
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
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X-XXDate: Wed, 4 Nov 92 17:10:19 GMT

In article <1992Nov2.182238.23774@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il> Christo
Houbaviy, lihouba@dapsas1 writes:
>
>I would suggest swapping the j and x because x looks like >|< and j has
some
>use as a 'softener'. Also see my other posting in this thread for more
>reasons.
>
I personaly think it is a really bad idea to use graphical analogy
between roman and cyrillic to define a transcription.

I don't speak Bulgarian (yet), and my native alphabet is not cyrillic. It
will be impossible for me to figure wht is a particular letter:
   - Does it figure the same sound as in english (for example),
   - Does it ressemble to one of the cyrillic characters,
   - Do I have to get additional information in order to know what it is ?
   
NO, NO, NO.

First of all, if you want to define a transcription, don't forget that
it's aim is to allows readers to easilly transcript from this
transcription to the cyrillic alphabet.
BUT IT IS NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE CASE.
In most of the case, people want to READ the posts. 
You first have to define a READABLE transcription before defining a
TRANSCRIPTABLE transcription.

>It would be great if anyone could think of a single-letter substitution
for yu
>and ya (special characters included). What about @=ja %=ju?

It would really be great if you forget it now.

How do I pronounce "@"? and "%"?
Personally, I pronounce @: ampersand, or at (depending of the context).
                        %: percent.
                        
I don't want to be obliged to download an explanation file from a site I
have never eared of.
I don't want to be obliged to learn for a transcription.

I want to be sure that if I print a post in the transcription, I can made
it read by bulgarian that never eared of the net.
I want to be able to pronounce it if I want to read the post to a
bulgarian friend via the phone.
I don't want to figure if it looks like a cyrillic character.

I can't propose any transcription (I don't know Cyrillic enough) but when
I see one transcription, I can say if I will read it or not.

Gilles Serasset,

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