Working on poem about the 'Russian Woodpecker', a 'sharp, repetitive tapping noise' that disrupted communications signals worldwide between 1976-1989. It came from huge antenna arrays located near Chernobyl & in eastern Siberia ...
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Well, aside from the fact that that's the name it is known by, should I call him the 'Ukrainian Woodpecker' in your opinion?
I know ... And I deliberately put it in quotes because that's the nickname he's known by.
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I call it "Duga". Russia loves to appropriate the achievements of other soviet republics, and it annoys me. My grandfather worked at many of these facilities and was a liquidator of the Chernobyl disaster. And it's a little offensive when everyone calls it Russian.
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Again ... I am completely with you in this, but radio operators nicknamed the signal the 'Russian woodpecker' and nicknames are rarely precise or politically correct
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It is surely the best way to call it, but it is not the nickname it is known by ... Anyhow, I put it in quotes as you can see
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