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I found this video from two years ago quite interesting. The man is very knowledgeable and I have been watching him for a couple of years, then I remembered this one. I would also like to see a video on the differences between the Belarusian and Ukrainian languages.
Yes, and so?
Bavarian dialects are different from the Hoch Deutsch too, so are they ( Bavarians) not German then?
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Another video of interest, it looks like the Russian people are no different than Americans in many ways ... sometimes ignorant, sometimes goofy and sometimes insightful.
Bavarian dialects are different from the Hoch Deutsch too, so are they ( Bavarians) not German then?
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Oh, you are touchy! Ukrainian is not a dialect of Russian.
Yeah, in spite of your best efforts you can not support your assertion that Ukrainians are Russians. Just like you can't support your claim that Russia is justified in attacking it's neighbors.
Oh, you are touchy! Ukrainian is not a dialect of Russian.
Technically speaking, Russian is a dialect of Ukrainian, because "Ukraine" ( or "Kievan Rus") came first; modern Russian state came secondary.
They both had variety of related dialects throughout the area, but Moscow/St. Pet (being the latest capitals) went through modernization and standartization of the Russian language few times, making it more uniform for academic purpose. Ukrainian language hasn't been reformed unlike Russian - it's still a variety of dialects throughout the country.
( Yes, I like to dispel the Ukrainian nationalist propaganda. It's quite easy actually, so I do it with pleasure. And yes, I saw that video before.)
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Yeah, in spite of your best efforts you can not support your assertion that Ukrainians are Russians.
I am asking you a question again - are Bavarians Germans or not?
If yes - why, if not - why not?
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Just like you can't support your claim that Russia is justified in attacking it's neighbors.
I don't need to "support" anything.
It's for everyone to see, for those who cared to look into this subject.
Technically speaking, Russian is a dialect of Ukrainian, because "Ukraine" ( or "Kievan Rus") came first; modern Russian state came secondary.
They both had variety of related dialects throughout the area, but Moscow/St. Pet (being the latest capitals) went through modernization and standartization of the Russian language few times, making it more uniform for academic purpose. Ukrainian language hasn't been reformed unlike Russian - it's still a variety of dialects throughout the country.
( Yes, I like to dispel the Ukrainian nationalist propaganda. It's quite easy actually, so I do it with pleasure. And yes, I saw that video before.)
I was always under impression that Ukrainian is a "simplified" Southern-Russian dialect with infusion of Polish words.
Stay the course and Russians won't give birth to enough boys to outlast the rest of the world's production of precision guided ordinance
Hmmm......
I guess the Ukrainians have an unlimited supply of manpower. Also forgot Ukraine heavily outnumbers Russia in population and birth rate and that Russia lacks precision guided ordnance. Problem solved.
Oh, wait! Won't the side that finds itself losing just push the nuclear button? Scary!
All right, so you are saying they are not Germans?
WHO they are then?
( Because likewise, the Ukrainians like to say "thank God we are not stupid Russians" - the idea here is the same.)
Not sure if it is a proper topic here or not, but Bavarians are more aligned with Austrians. Their territory were part of Roman Empire, they are mostly Catholic (rather than Lutheran), and if being German means being Prussian, they are most certainly proud to have none of them.
As far as Ukrainians not being Russians... That's fine and cool. They can be whatever they like. I guess it's up to them to chose whether they want to be Malo-Russians, Novo-Russians or Proto-Russians... Nobody care what language they chose to speak in Kiev, all Russians want from them is disbanding their military, dropping NATO aspirations (for good, not in paper), and cooperating with Donestk People Republic in investigation of who ordered shelling of Ukrainians cities in 2014, who conducted those shellings, and extradicting the guilty parties to Donetsk... That's not too much to ask, is it?
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And yes, I saw that video before.)
Scary!