Hi From sunny England

[such-is-life]

methinks that democracy comes from the words 'demos' and 'cracos' (not cratos, which might well mean love), where cracos means people. So in effect, the word democracy means "power to the people".

[ILay]

As far as I know, the word democracy comes from:

demos = people
kratos = power
kratein = leadership/ domination

the latin word Republica is, actually, the translation from greek

rex = power / domination
publica = people.

Sorry to interrupt.

[trigger]

Originally posted by lathaneil
Hello to everybody. I'm from a city called Sheffield in England. I found this site by accident the other night whilst looking for sites connected with Russian history and Hockey teams. I'd be very appreciative if anyone knows ofany websites on these subjects, especially Hockey that aren't entirely in Russian as I have very little knowledge of the language. I hope to start to contribute on the message board as soon as I can think of something worthwhile to say.

Happy May day to all if you get this as a holiday.

P.S. I think democracy is older than Communism. It was a philosophy thought up by the Greeks and comes from the Latin term Demos meaning Government by the people. I don't mean to sound like a smart alec but this is a fact.

Hi from rainny Germany

[Ronald_Barbour]

Dear ILay:

I thought the definition of republic from the Latin into English was "Our Thing" ???????

[langman]

Hi everyone, I am from Mossel Bay, a seaside town on the southern coast of South Africa. I joined Russia.com because I always had an affinity towards Russia and the Russian people/culture. By the way, fish and chips are not an exclusive English thing. Most South Africans enjoys their fish and chips. If you can't get it in Russia maybe you should take the opportunity to start a fish and chips café.

Regards from (mostly) sunny SA.

langman

[Ronald_Barbour]

Dear Lang:

We hear reports that South Africa is falling apart due to a high crime rate....What's the truth?

[mastodon]

Originally posted by langman
Hi everyone, I am from Mossel Bay, a seaside town on the southern coast of South Africa. I joined Russia.com because I always had an affinity towards Russia and the Russian people/culture. By the way, fish and chips are not an exclusive English thing. Most South Africans enjoys their fish and chips. If you can't get it in Russia maybe you should take the opportunity to start a fish and chips café.

Regards from (mostly) sunny SA.

langman

would the presence of fish and chips be the result of a massive cultural infusion by the english during the age of imperialism?