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Kam[chat]ka Peninsula

AldoAldo Hippo HoorayRegistered User regular
edited May 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
The Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуостров Камчатка) is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of 472,300 km². It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west.[1] Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500 meter deep Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation. The majority of the 402,500 inhabitants are Russians, but there are also about 13,000 Koryaks. More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (198,028 people) and nearby Yelizovo (41,533).

The Kamchatka peninsula contains the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kamchatka receives up to 2,700 millimeters (110 in) of precipitation per year. The summers are moderately cool, and the winters tend to be rather stormy with rare amounts of lightning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamchatka

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    ctrl+v

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Art of the pictures persuasion.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    ctrl-z

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    That was fast.

    Also, man, I love the PA that elki locked the last thread with.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    Nice.

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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Leitner wrote: »
    Art of the pictures persuasion.

    Nah, I've never done any photography and I can't draw worth a damn.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!

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  • StarcrossStarcross Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

    There are very strict rules about what you can discuss in [chat]

    Acceptable topics:
    1. Cocks
    2. Dicks

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?
    Yup, this is where we talk about whatever is on our mind and where we vent when the discussion threads are making us angry.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

    Basically.

    You just come in, post whatever you feel like, and people respond to it however they feel like in turn.

    Though serious, large topics should get their own thread.

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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Starcross wrote: »
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

    There are very strict rules about what you can discuss in [chat]

    Acceptable topics:
    1. Cocks
    2. Dicks

    Unacceptable topics:
    1. Achewood

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Okay, so I lost that post.

    In response to Bob: I'm cool with enforcing stricter form in languages that actually have a stricter form. I'm also fine with trying to normalize stuff that varies wildly from common usage, if it will improve communication. It's when there's an insistence on conforming to some obscure rule that does nothing to enhance clarity that the line has clearly been crossed.

    Anyways, I probably could have used better phrasing in my original sentence. :)

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So I'm thinking about getting a Prius. Any recommendations?

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like hot dogs

    I don't care if that makes me low class or whatever

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Starcross wrote: »
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

    There are very strict rules about what you can discuss in [chat]

    Acceptable topics:
    1. Cocks
    2. Dicks

    It should be noted that if, in addition to those topics, you wish to discuss lol, SE++ is really the more appropriate venue.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like hot dogs

    I don't care if that makes me low class or whatever
    Needs more lime.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So I'm thinking about getting a Prius. Any recommendations?

    Get a good non-hybrid instead. They generally have lower emissions and their construction has a considerably lower environmental impact. The Bluemotion VWs are nice.

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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like hot dogs

    I don't care if that makes me low class or whatever

    I like hot dogs too, but I like bratwurst better.

    Especially if I saute some onions for on top.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like hot dogs

    I don't care if that makes me low class or whatever

    *shrugs* I just don't think they taste good. Like at all.

    Like they taste negative good.

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Neutral + -good = ?

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  • Andrew_JayAndrew_Jay Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Bad hotdogs are bad but good hot dogs are good

    Gotta be natural casing. They pop when you bite them.

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    frisk

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  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Inq, if you want to play with me in TF2, it'll have to be either today or tomorrow. I'm just using their free weekend.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Andrew_Jay wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.

    How can one not pronounce that? Kahm-cha(a as in 'aweful')t-ka.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Cinders wrote: »
    Inq, if you want to play with me in TF2, it'll have to be either today or tomorrow. I'm just using their free weekend.

    Dude the game only costs $10 to buy this weekend.

    $10!!!!!!!

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    japan wrote: »
    Starcross wrote: »
    So are [chat] threads open threads for whatever you want to talk about?

    There are very strict rules about what you can discuss in [chat]

    Acceptable topics:
    1. Cocks
    2. Dicks

    It should be noted that if, in addition to those topics, you wish to discuss lol, SE++ is really the more appropriate venue.
    You forgot Steam Steam

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aldo wrote: »
    Andrew_Jay wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.

    How can one not pronounce that? Kahm-cha(a as in 'aweful')t-ka.

    Interesting. The a's for me are as in 'cat'. So: Kam-chat-ka.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
  • Andrew_JayAndrew_Jay Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aldo wrote: »
    Andrew_Jay wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.
    How can one not pronounce that? Kahm-cha(a as in 'aweful')t-ka.
    Hey, I never said I couldn't, but it seems everyone I play with mangles it as something like "karm-ka-chut-aka". Irkutsk gets some pretty shameful treatment too.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    404 dots

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis, have you never seen any Cold War films with stereotypical Russian villains?

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Andrew_Jay wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.

    How can one not pronounce that? Kahm-cha(a as in 'aweful')t-ka.

    Interesting. The a's for me are as in 'cat'. So: Kam-chat-ka.

    For as far as I am aware is English the only language that pronounces the 'a' as speakers do in the word 'cat'. Everyone else pronounces it as in the English words 'awful' or 'are'.

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  • BobCescaBobCesca Is a girl Birmingham, UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm bored.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    stilist wrote: »
    Aegis, have you never seen any Cold War films with stereotypical Russian villains?

    I was born at the end of the Cold War so...no?

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm continuing to use invalid grammar semi-consciously.

    Even the first sentence of this post is dirty.

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  • StarcrossStarcross Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Cinders wrote: »
    Inq, if you want to play with me in TF2, it'll have to be either today or tomorrow. I'm just using their free weekend.

    I'm downloading it now for the free weekend. I've never really played FPSs before. People are going to love me.

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    stilist wrote: »
    Aegis, have you never seen any Cold War films with stereotypical Russian villains?

    I was born at the end of the Cold War so...no?
    Not even Bond films or Red October or Rocky & Bullwinkle or...

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Andrew_Jay wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    ctrl+v
    Hell yea.

    I was reading about Kamchatka a few weeks ago and already thought of [chat], so now is the time!
    Kamchatka: more than just the territory in Risk no one can pronounce.

    How can one not pronounce that? Kahm-cha(a as in 'aweful')t-ka.

    Interesting. The a's for me are as in 'cat'. So: Kam-chat-ka.

    For as far as I am aware is English the only language that pronounces the 'a' as speakers do in the word 'cat'. Everyone else pronounces it as in the English words 'awful' or 'are'.

    It's not really a language-wide thing. I know there are a number of dialects within English (I'm pretty sure for Received Pronunciation) that go by your original example, whereas American English does it differently.

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