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Re: sorry to keep nitpicking snoopcester Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 02:44:32 PM
Sure. But bear in mind that the vast majority of Jordan's readers wouldn't know that because they're not Russian.


Still a lot of people though, and anyone of Russian descent might well know it or just people interested in Russia.
I wonder how many people here knew it?
*MySmiley*

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