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Carpathian mountains (Carpaty) mountains in Eastern Europe on the territory of Poland, Ukraine etc.- from a Slavonic word “karpaty” meaning “mountain ridge”. Btw,
The book says that “karpat” means “hill” in Greek and “karp” means rock in Frakish (Frakian?).
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Greetings, Vika!
It is sad to say that most people in the United States, if they have heard of this region at all, know it only because of its being the land of the fictional Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel. Of course, the real, historic Vlad Draku is another story!
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Dear Vika: Thanks for the information about "Carpathian". Our search engine has failed
me, so I can't find the "handle" of the lady who enquired about it only two weeks ago.
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Be careful searching for a ladies 'handle'. Especially in public!! 
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Dear chemeng1992: You remind me of the guy who led his wife around by a ring in his nose.
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Welcome, Vika! I think you'll find the linguistic answers you're seeking in our little haven of wit and wisdom! Stick around!  I'm particularly interested in "Carpathian", vika, because I'm of Slovak/Hungarian heritage. But, of course, the land from where my grandparents on my mother's side (Slovak) and my great-grandparents on my father's side (Hungarian) came was known as Austria-Hungary. But my mother's folks came from a village in the Carpathian foothills and spoke a Russian tinged dialect of Slovak. My Mother speaks that Slovak, but I never strove to learn it, unfortunately, except for Christmas and Easter salutations and a few familiar phrases and exclamations. But part of the reason I never learned it is that she liked to keep it to herself so she could speak with her sister without anyone else knowing what they were saying.  And the orthodox church they attended was a Carpathian-Russian Chruch which used the Church Slavonic for their liturgy (much like the Roman Catholic church once used Latin). But, for all that, I really have no insight to offer in regards to karpaty and the Carpathians. I'll see if I can find something out from my Mother's Slavonic dialect about it.
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Dear chemeng1992: You remind me of the guy who led his wife around by a ring in his nose.
So the guy was walking backwards, right? Do I remind you of the female part of that memory or the male part? I hope I don't remind you of any male part.......
You've left me beside myself - I don't know what part is left and what is right though. Help!
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Geoff, as an 'old hand', tell us - have you ever handled a lady in public??
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