"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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I was told this by my college German professor, so I cannot vouch for its
accuracy as I don't speak all the languages.

Can you at least vouch for its making any sense semantically?

Winter solstice (Dec 21 or 22) is the shortest day of the year. At least
it is in English, German, and Russian.

In French, Spanish, and Italian it is the longest night of the year.

What does that mean? "in English, German, and Russian". In what
English-language-specific way is the Winter solstice the shortest day of the
year and at the same time *not* also the longest night of the year?

(Ignoring, of course, that the solstice is not a date, but a particular
moment in time...I'll take as granted that people often talk of the specific
date as the solstice even though technically that's not what it is).

Pete