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akern
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 Posted: 09/29/04 - 14:33 Post subject: A question.
What is the difference between a Czar and a Tsar?
These words are interchanged all the time in crosswords but the definitions are the same with no explination as to the different spellings.
Help a nerd out will ya?
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elkid
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 14:37 Post subject:
No difference other than derivation. Tsar comes from Russian, czar from Latin. Both mean the same thing.
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 14:38 Post subject:
No difference, that I remember. Always throws me when I do crossword puzzles though
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Pug
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 14:48 Post subject:
One has a "z"
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 15:32 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: |
...and one has an "s." |
...and one has a "t"
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 15:41 Post subject:
achey = livin la vida loca!
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 15:55 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | achey = livin la vida loca! |
you disappoint akey. first the downey, now the crosswords. you're showing BITTY tendencies a bit early my dear.
are you and grandma shuffle going to bingo tonight? 
sorry. i'm just jealous i don't have a mind for crossword puzzles.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 15:56 Post subject:
It's bidd.... ah screw it, I don't really care. 
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akern
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 16:11 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: |
you disappoint akey. first the downey, now the crosswords. you're showing BITTY tendencies a bit early my dear.
are you and grandma shuffle going to bingo tonight?
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No way I'd go with her! She'd probably beat me at that too!!
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 16:31 Post subject: Re: A question.
| akern wrote: | What is the difference between a Czar and a Tsar?
These words are interchanged all the time in crosswords but the definitions are the same with no explination as to the different spellings.
Help a nerd out will ya? |
well, it's short for "Ceasar"
that's where they got it from. According to my college history professor. I took History of Russia in college. Fascinating class.
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 16:34 Post subject: Re: A question.
| coachmarkos wrote: |
well, it's short for "Ceasar"
that's where they got it from. According to my college history professor. I took History of Russia in college. Fascinating class. |
That's what i was taught too. the Cyrillic alphabet might be the cause for the two spellings though
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