dialects Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/dialects/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:39:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png dialects Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/dialects/ 32 32 My Best Dictionary: Ukrainian Diaspora Children’s Dictionary https://forgottengalicia.com/my-best-dictionary-ukrainian-diaspora-childrens-dictionary/ https://forgottengalicia.com/my-best-dictionary-ukrainian-diaspora-childrens-dictionary/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:05:23 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=799 A few years ago when I was was in Chicago, I found this Ukrainian (English and French) children’s dictionary at home. It was published in Canada—though I’m not sure what year. The book includes a lot of examples of words that are used in the diaspora, but which are no […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/my-best-dictionary-ukrainian-diaspora-childrens-dictionary/feed/ 1 Rover: Bicycle Galician-Style https://forgottengalicia.com/rover-bicycle-galician-style/ https://forgottengalicia.com/rover-bicycle-galician-style/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:40:41 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=779 In the Ukrainian diaspora we call a bicycle a “rover” – the word which was commonly used in western Ukraine before the war. Now in Ukraine the name “velosyped” is more widely used, but people in western Ukraine, espеcially in villages, still often say “rover.” (For more about the diaspora language, click here.) The […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/rover-bicycle-galician-style/feed/ 0 The Vanishing Galician Lexicon and How It Lingers in the Diaspora https://forgottengalicia.com/the-lexicon-of-the-third-wave-ukrainian-diaspora/ https://forgottengalicia.com/the-lexicon-of-the-third-wave-ukrainian-diaspora/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:53:52 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=796 When I moved to Ukraine, I had to learn a whole new Ukrainian vocabulary. It turned out that I had grown up speaking a Galician/diasporic Ukrainian, which used many dialectisms, Polonisms, and archaisms. To keep track of the differences between the two lexicons, as well as to document the way my […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/the-lexicon-of-the-third-wave-ukrainian-diaspora/feed/ 33 Galician Culinary Dictionary https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-dictionary/ https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-dictionary/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:10:07 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=91 To supplement my “diaspora” dictionary, here’s a list of Galician culinary terms. Some I have on my list, but here are many more. ГАЛИЦЬКИЙ КУЛІНАРНИЙ СЛОВНИК -А- Аєрконьяк – яєчний лікер Андрути – перекладений вафельний торт, вафлі. Аниж – аніс Арак – алкоголь Афини – чорниці -Б- Баняк – горщик, […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-dictionary/feed/ 0 Galician Culinary Vocabulary https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-vocabulary/ https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-vocabulary/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:58:36 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=58 Recently on Facebook, “Пані Стефа” shared a post about Galician cuisine using Galician culinary vocabulary. I’m familiar with many but not all words. Original post found here. Баняк, ринка, миска і тареля в креденсі. Зупа з ляним тістом і росіл з клюсками, налиті кохлею в таріль. Салатка в салятерці. Мізерія […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/galician-culinary-vocabulary/feed/ 0 House of Legends: Galician Language Room https://forgottengalicia.com/house-legends-galician-language-room/ https://forgottengalicia.com/house-legends-galician-language-room/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:46:43 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=802 In one of Lviv’s cafes, Dim Lehend (House of Legends), there is a room dedicated to the old Galician language (which is similar to the language spoken in the diaspora). Old words and old newspaper clippings decorate the walls.

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