With influenza season approaching fast, some of you might be thinking of getting a flu shot. Time to look at the Russian word for syringe, шприц (pronounced "shprits"). It comes from the German Spritze, with the only major difference in pronunciation being that the "e" that you can hear clearly at the end of the German word has disappeared in the Russian version. Now when you go for your flu shot, make sure that they use a new syringe, since "a drug addict's syringe is a possible source of infection," as this poster tells us.
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