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To: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
Subject: Re: blini


< 
<Erika von Hattingen, co-provost of Felding, writes:
< 
<> ...At her first event, she earned the
<> name of "Shauna, Blini-bane."
< 
<As the coiner of the name, and a herald, I must quibble:  that's
<Shauna Blinisbane.
< 
<--Alex

As the autocrat and provider of the blini, *I* must quibble:

Blini is plural.  "Blinis" is like "sheeps".  The singular of blini is
'blin' (pronounced "bleen"), as in "Are you going to eat that last
blin, Pavel?".

--Yevsha
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