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[edit source]Ukrainian Slaves
[edit source]What is Agit?174.3.110.93 (talk) 22:33, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
- It seemingly means propaganda, i couldn't get a translation but this site of Soviet Agit Posters makes it a fair assumption I feel. There is another site which contains an admittedly quite meager amount of informtion about agit brigades in the Red Army which spread propaganda.
- Cynical and Skeptical (talk) 23:36, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
- I've added a link pointing to that article. Perhaps "agit" should be created as a redirect to it. --Anonymous, 19:19 UTC, September 26, 2009.
Adjectival Lexeme Of "Lorraine"
[edit source]What is the adjectival form of "Lorraine"?174.3.110.93 (talk) 23:54, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
In French, it is Lorrainien/Lorrainienne or Lorrainiens, as in this question: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Michel_Louyot. So presumably in English it would be Lorrainian as in this random article (https://www.infantry.army.mil/monographs/content/wwii/STUP2/MabryNedB%20CPT.pdf). Michael Sheflin (talk) 00:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry to disagree, in French the adjectives are lorrain(s)/lorraine(s) the inhabitants are Lorrain(s)/Lorraine(s) (http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/lorrain) The question you refer to is very poor French. — AldoSyrt (talk) 11:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, yes, Lorrainian does seem much more common, especially for people; en-wiki even has a List of Lorrainians. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 00:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)