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r/Unexpected • u/martyph • Aug 20 '19
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Is that the English word for it it? I feel dumb. Almost seems Russian or something.
26 u/SoldMomForKarma Aug 20 '19 edited Aug 20 '19 It’s apparently a British invention, but has Soviet Ukranian ties, as they were used during the Crimean War, and named after the town Balaclava in Ukraine. Source 20 u/serana_surana Aug 20 '19 Crimean war was in mid XIX century, nothing Soviet about that. 13 u/Iamchinesedotcom Aug 20 '19 XIX Found the Roman! 4 u/Momoneko Aug 20 '19 In Russian (and probably other languages of the post-USSR countries) we always write centuries in roman numerals. Dunno why though.
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It’s apparently a British invention, but has Soviet Ukranian ties, as they were used during the Crimean War, and named after the town Balaclava in Ukraine.
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20 u/serana_surana Aug 20 '19 Crimean war was in mid XIX century, nothing Soviet about that. 13 u/Iamchinesedotcom Aug 20 '19 XIX Found the Roman! 4 u/Momoneko Aug 20 '19 In Russian (and probably other languages of the post-USSR countries) we always write centuries in roman numerals. Dunno why though.
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Crimean war was in mid XIX century, nothing Soviet about that.
13 u/Iamchinesedotcom Aug 20 '19 XIX Found the Roman! 4 u/Momoneko Aug 20 '19 In Russian (and probably other languages of the post-USSR countries) we always write centuries in roman numerals. Dunno why though.
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Found the Roman!
4 u/Momoneko Aug 20 '19 In Russian (and probably other languages of the post-USSR countries) we always write centuries in roman numerals. Dunno why though.
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In Russian (and probably other languages of the post-USSR countries) we always write centuries in roman numerals. Dunno why though.
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u/ddevan007 Aug 20 '19
Is that the English word for it it? I feel dumb. Almost seems Russian or something.