Dear Mudcatters,

First of all I would like to thank all of you once again. I AM very grateful and surprised (in a good way) that so many people have joined the discussion.

Special thanks to those who could have suspected me of something, but decided to give me a chance.

And thanks for deleting certain postings, for, believe me, it has nothing to do with a hoax and in no way did I mean to hurt anyone's feelings..
Those who still doubt it can write me on elf-elen@mail.ru and I'll try to prove the opposite, just because I've always believed that the Irish and the Russians have something in common and can be friends (or at least not enemies). Those who would like to say something else are free to use it as well.

As for scientists and scholars it IS a mis-translation (the original questions were given in Russian and I wasn't sure enough what word to use).

P.S. To Stonedagain: which other mistranslations were you hinting at? And what does the phrase "I dink you pictor have yes? " mean (my English is not as good)?

P.S. Anyone coming to Moscow?