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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread kalishnokov #21232 03/05/01 10:54 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 Cambridge, MA R rkerstie OP stranger OP rkerstie stranger R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 Cambridge, MA Anyone know the origin of "kalishnokov", as in a kalishnokov rifle? It rings eponymous, but from whom? A literary or military figure? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: kalishnokov #21233 03/05/01 11:25 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A welcome a-Board, rkerstie you may have had trouble looking this one up because the spelling you offer is different than that suggested by the search engine that i used (Atomica.com) Here's what Atomica had to say: "Kalashnikov, Mikhail kalashnikof (1919 –) Russian gun designer. Drafted into the Russian army in 1938, he was seriously wounded in 1941, and while recovering in hospital listened to the complaints of his many fellow patients of the inferiority of the Russian rifle. In response he designed the Avtomat Kalishnikova, the AK-47 machine gun, of which over 50 million have been produced. " as an aside, it's ironic that you mention a weapon, as i just heard about yet *another* school shooting, this one occurring in Southern California today, leaving two children dead and 13 injured. *sigh* Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: kalishnokov #21234 03/06/01 10:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > he designed the Avtomat Kalishnikova What an achievement! During the war in Bosnia, many people including myself, were offered these and other Russian weapons brought up from the Baltic exclusively to sell in Germany. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: kalishnokov #21235 03/06/01 04:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass kalishnokov... kalishnokov... I like it; it sounds like a Real Man's ballet. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 475 guests, and 5 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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