help with Ukrainian saying

Maria Dmytriyeva xmas at UA.FM
Fri Apr 24 18:30:29 UTC 2009


> There's nothing specifically "Ukrainian" about this saying. It's in 
> Russian too:
> "В огороде бузина, а в Киеве дядька!"

oh, right. just like borsht, varenyky and Kyiv istelf. all Russian. 
 
> I think there's no point in trying to separate Russian and Ukrainian 
> cultures.
 
absolutely. because they _are_ separate.

With best regards,
Maria

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