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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by purple_ferret on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:13PM (#30483684)
I think he meant sweet as in precious. Fresh water for Crimea came from the mainland and Ukraine blocked it off after it was annexed.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by weisk on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:20PM (#30483762)
Fun idea you got, but not exactly, in some european languages, "sweet water" refers to drinking water, as opposed to what would be "salt water", water from seas and oceans.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by pmontra on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:48PM (#30484036)
Acqua dolce in Italian is literally sweet water opposed to acqua salata, salt water. It's a common mistake to translate literally expressions and grammatical constructs from one's native language to a foreign language. I probably did it this reply without noticing it: it's long enough to contain some bug.
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