I would expand Carolyn's Cabbalistic Equation:
 
 C = K = S = Z (Z for Zembla) - since in Russian usage following German or Dutch prononciation of S, many Germanic words that start with S are transiterated with 3 (=Z) in Cyrillic, for example Brechtian term "Song" became known as a "zong".  And we recall that Zembla is Semberland.
 
Adding Cyrillic 3, we get also Pythagorean triad, the number of main characters in PF.
 
C = K = S = 3 = Z 
 
And then C = K = S = 3 = Z = C since Germanic Z is pronounced "ts", so one goes a full zirkle.
 
I have to run to class otherwise "I could talk like this forever" (HMS Pinafore)...

Victor Fet 

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