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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)
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[–] uis@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

You can drive for 138 hours from Ruasia and end up in Russia:

Google maps don't let me zoom out to show entire route.

EDIT: you can drive in Russia without leaving it for 161 hours:

[–] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well let me blow your mind by rotating my phone;)

1000023565

(Also the ferry kinda cracks the comparison)

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I saw a unicorn today.

To the the only phone user in existence that understands that landscape mode is a thing: I salute you.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, it's not even the longest. Magadan, anyone?

[–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

From Zapolarniy to Magadan, 1 hour more:

[–] orientalsniper@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is there actually a road connecting those points?

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, but it's mostly gravel at the last stretch. And it's harsh, especially in winter, gotta make sure your car is in perfect condition and is full of fuel. There's a reason it's called "the road of bones"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R504_Kolyma_Highway

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Apparently

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, help me out here. What is the little letter after н and before и? I learned to read Cyrillic from Serbian and they didn't use it.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Заполярный? Ы. If you pronounce it as e/i you can get "cute"(мило) instead of "soap"(мыло).

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

How is it normally pronounced? Both e and i in English can be pronounced in a lot of different ways, so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"? I'm used to и being the "tree" sound

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So it's sort of an ü? That's what my brain hears in the video.

Checking against the ipa given on Wikipedia, I get that ы is the close central unrounded vowel while ü is the close front unrounded vowel. Listening to the audio samples on those pages, I literally cannot hear the difference.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

~~There is small difference, but close enough.~~ Yes.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I can feel the difference when I say it, but... Well, suffice to say it's not a sound in any of the languages I speak well.

Thanks for indulging a curious language nerd.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"?

Neither. But 'й' sounds like 'y' in "way“.

[–] PanoptiDon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, even from Blaine WA to Key West FL is 5772km/54 hours.