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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Not me, even though I live in the neighborhood. But I have the faint and fuzzy notion that the letters [i]could[/i] be something like "bolshoi korabl", spelling be damned. V would equal B as usual in cyrillic translitterations, and "bolshoi korabl" would literally be "big ship" in pidgin Russian. And the Russian navy does use expressions like "big SS-rocket ship" and "small ASW ship" instead of the less systematic western "frigate" and "destroyer" and "corvette" and whatnot. However, I have very little faith that there is any connection with this twisted logic and the true origin of the VK prefix. Timo Saloniemi Addendum: After checking up on this, I think the B in "bolshoi" is almost [i]never[/i] spelled as a V in western translitterations - while the B in "Mockba" is always spelled as a V (Moskva) and the one in "Sebactonoh" varies between B and V (Sebastopol or Sevastopol) depending on who's typing. So VK is unlikely to be "bolshoi korabl" after all. [This message has been edited by Timo (edited July 03, 2000).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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