WORLDWIDE Chapter 149 Message Board

omexa reborn · Chapter Member

Hi, bye the way, some people on the unmentionable NAWCC did infer that this was a fake; I paid no more than I would pay for a 1773 Verge For this Pocket Watch. Regards Ray

Jon · Chapter President

Highly interesting and a great presentation, photos and all and with that dry humor placed within here and there!

Congrats, Ray!

434richmond · Chapter Member

If I recall Ray, they were whining about the Outer case
(Russian spelling).

I'ts a great watch!!

Keith R...

omexa reborn · Chapter Member

Empire (18thâ€“19th centuries)

The first book printed in the "civil" script, 1708
The political reforms of Peter the Great were accompanied by a reform of the alphabet, and achieved their goal of secularization and modernization. Blocks of specialized vocabulary were adopted from the languages of Western Europe. Most of the modern naval vocabulary, for example, is of Dutch origin. Latin, French, and German words entered Russian for the intellectual categories of the Age of Enlightenment. Several Greek words already in the language through Church Slavonic were refashioned to reflect post-Renaissance European rather than Byzantine pronunciation. By 1800, a significant portion of the gentry spoke French, less often German, on an everyday basis.

Ð¼Ð°Ñ‡Ñ‚Ð° [ËˆmatÉ•tÉ™] D mast 'mast'
Ð¸Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€ÐµÑ [ÉªnÊ²tÊ²ÉªËˆrÊ²É›s] G Interesse/Fr intÃ©rÃªt 'interest'
Ð±Ð¸Ð±Ð»Ð¸Ð¾Ñ‚ÐµÐºÐ° [bÊ²ÉªblÊ²ÉªÉËˆtÊ²É›kÉ™] Gr bibliothá¸—kÄ“ via Fr. bibliothÃ¨que 'library' (modern form)
At the same time, there began explicit attempts to fashion a modern literary language as a compromise between Church Slavonic, the native vernacular, and the style of Western Europe. The writers Lomonosov, Derzhavin, and Karamzin made notable efforts in this respect, but, as per the received notion, the final synthesis belongs to Pushkin and his contemporaries in the first third of the 19th century.

During the 19th century, the standard language assumed its modern form; literature flourished. Spurred perhaps by the so-called Slavophilism, some terms from other languages fashionable during the 18th century now passed out of use (for example, Ð²Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ [vÊ²ÉªËˆktorÊ²ÉªjÉ™] > Ð¿Ð¾Ð±ÐµÐ´Ð° [pÉËˆbÊ²É›dÉ™], 'victory'), and formerly vernacular or dialectal strata entered the literature as the "speech of the people". Borrowings of political, scientific and technical terminology continued. By about 1900, commerce and fashion ensured the first wave of mass adoptions from German, French and English. Regards Ray

Bryan · Chapter Member

Any relation to Russ? Wink

omexa reborn · Chapter Member

Hi, I have had in my younger years a few Russian Girlfriends and Serbo Croat ones. I got to a stage where I could understand them. That was a long time ago; 60 Years. Regards Ray

doc ron · Chapter Member

i have never collected foreign watches but rays postings and photos are interesting and very enjoyable thanks

doc ron