оНЛНФЁРЭ ОЕПЕЙКЮЯРХ

[Irena]

дНПНЦЁ ЛНЁ ГЮУЁДМЁ ЯОЁББЁРВХГМХЙХ,
ОПНЬС ДНОНЛНЦРХ С ОЕПЕЙКЮДЁ, АН БХ ГМЮ╨РЕ ЮМЦКЁИЯЭЙС ДНЯЙНМЮКН. ъЙЁ ЕЙБЁБЮКЕМРХ МЮ ЮМЦКЁИЯЭЙЁИ РЮЙХУ ЯКЁБ:
"АХЙ" С ОЕПЕМНЯМНЛС, ГПНГСЛЁКН, ПНГСЛЁММЁ
"АХВЙЮ"
"ГЮОЮДКН"
"Б ОЮДКС"
"ГЮЛСУПХЬЙЮ"
"ЙКСЬЮ" - ФЁМЙЮ, ЫН РЁКЭЙХ ЙБНУВЕ МЮД ЯБН╨Ч ЯЁЛ'╨Ч, Ю МЮ БЯЕ МЮБЙПСЦХ ©И МЮВУЮРХ, МС БХ ПНГСЛЁ╨РЕ...

оПНАЮВРЕ ГЮ РЮЙЁ МЕЙСКЭРСПМЁ ЯКНБЮ, ЮКЕ ЛЕМЁ БЮФЙН АЕГ МХУ МЮ ЯЮИРЁ.

[Edited by Irena on 24th March 2001 at 05:27]

[volya]

Irena,
ГДЮ╨РЭЯЪ,ЮМЦКЁИЯЭЙЮ ЛНБЮ МЕ РЮЙЮ АЮЦЮРЮ, АН ЦЁДМХУ ЕЙБЁБЮКЕМРЁБ Ъ МЕ ГСЯРПЁВЮКЮ, МС ,УЁАЮ ЫН ОПНЯРН МЕЖЕМГСПМЁ ВХ ЦПСАЁ ЯКНБЮюКЕ И бЮЬЁ ЯКНБЮ МЕ ГДЮЧРЭЯЪ "ЯОПЮБФМЁЛХ" СЙПЮ©МЯЭЙХЛХ...

[JetSet]

Yay! I can see the text! Woo-hoo!

Now to find out how to type the characters!

[m_chymera]

ъ ГМЮЧ

In order to write in cyrilic you have to change your keyboard properties.
Go into control pannel, click on keyboard properties, select the languages tab. Click on ADD and select Ukrainian. Tick the Enable indicator on taskbar option.
Now you should see a blue box on your taskbar with the letters En. When you come to typing in Ukrianian left click on this and select the language you want. It should then display Uk.

Hope you can follow these instructions

Martyn

[ILay]

If I understood correctly the meaning of the Ukrainian words:

АХВЙЮ (АХВЕБЙЮ): haybag
ГЮОЮДКН: lousy caper

thats all I know..

[kievan]

they are not -- for sure. Maybe Soviet or, perhaps, Russian underworld slang making its way into the modern post-Soviet usage. Alas..!

[Timofei]

Originally posted by ILay
If I understood correctly the meaning of the Ukrainian words:

АХВЙЮ (АХВЕБЙЮ): haybag
ГЮОЮДКН: lousy caper

thats all I know..

I'm not familiar with those terms in English. A UK dialect, maybe?

In north american usage they would be more like:

АХВ╦БЙЮ (if that's what is meant by АХВЙЮ) is a tramp or like a female vagabond.

ГЮОЮДКН - is a worthless person or a scumbag (from ОЮДЮКЭ, a dead animal or carrion); or, in another usage, a shady deal or shady business.

ГЮЛСУПШЬЙЮ - a loser, a bad example

АХЙ (АШЙ - a bull or ox) - a thug or no-neck, or a bodyguard or hired muscle. (I'm not sure what the Italian mafia term is - maybe "cugine").

ЙКСЬЮ is a bit harder. It's literally a hen that is brooding (in colloquial Russian, anyway). If I understand the definition given above in Ukrainian correctly (a woman who looks after her own family, and anyone else can go to hell), then I don't think there is a word or expression in English that comes even close. It's not a concept that really exists in the english-speaking world, I think.

Interesting that most of these come from Russian criminal slang (blatnoi zhargon). Are there other, purely Ukrainian words that are commonly used in Ukranian slang?

Timofei