BBC has been quoting this chap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Nikonov apparently a member of the Duma foreign affairs committee. Interestingly, he is Old Bolshevik royalty, being the grands… (View Post)

And as I recall, a galley made by the Carron Company, who used to make the "smashers" for Nelson's navy (View Post)

Actually it's Sabine. Borrowed into Latin and popular in the East. (View Post)

Like Sally, originally a diminutive of Sarah, it has made it all the way to being considered an independent name. (View Post)

Well, he's ignorant about one thing. Six months non-means-tested unemployment benefit is still available, under the name JSA, and it was never "no questions asked", the legislation says you… (View Post)