also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917. 2.
A person having great power; an autocrat: "the square-jawed, ruddy complacency of Jack Farrell, the czar of the Fifteenth Street police station" (Ernest Hemingway). 3.
Informal An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity: a racetrack czar; an energy czar.
Given that there were no Tsars in Poland, why use the Polish spelling.
We could use the German version, Kaisar, or even the original Latin version, Caesar, but term is related to the rulers of Russia, and the Russians spell [note TS is a single letter in Russian] and pronounce the word Tsar [Царь] with a soft sign following the R to indicate a foreign and untrilled R.
It's almost as bad as using the German spelling for the last name of the Russian composer. P.I. Chaikovski.
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Actually, General Lute is still plucking along in the White House.
Is he still carrying Bush's tune or has he learned to strike a new chord?
No, he didn't disappear; he just got war-czar and war-czar...
(And now I'll die twice, as you, ellroon, kill me for the pun, and Bryan kills me for not spelling it "tsar" ...)
That was the warst pun ever. And what's wrong with czar instead of tsar? They both get you the same inbred royal family...
czar
n.
1.
also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
2.
A person having great power; an autocrat: "the square-jawed, ruddy complacency of Jack Farrell, the czar of the Fifteenth Street police station" (Ernest Hemingway).
3.
Informal An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity: a racetrack czar; an energy czar.
Given that there were no Tsars in Poland, why use the Polish spelling.
We could use the German version, Kaisar, or even the original Latin version, Caesar, but term is related to the rulers of Russia, and the Russians spell [note TS is a single letter in Russian] and pronounce the word Tsar [Царь] with a soft sign following the R to indicate a foreign and untrilled R.
It's almost as bad as using the German spelling for the last name of the Russian composer. P.I. Chaikovski.
So if the Tzar of Russia had Kaiser Wilhelm over to eat Caesar salad... would they invade Poland?
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