Ukraine elected a new president

That data is from the Census rather than a 'survey', which by the way, includes Surzykh (with good cause) as Ukrainian.

It's true though that Russian is falling out of favour.

This is true that Ukrainian does have many borrowings from Polish (which are often are borrowings from German originally), but they are often pronounced quite differently from Polish "originals". Sound system of Ukrainian is much more similar to Russian than to Polish, so I wonder how can you understand them so easily. Could you give some particular examples?

I would be surprised if it wasn`t after all recent events..


I just came back from the bathroom, holding a deo spray. UA: (Latin spelling) Dezodorant - aerozol. Ne mistits barvnikiv i konservantiv. Proishov experimantalno klinichnu aprobatsiyu. Ne piddavati vplivu sonyachnih promeniv i temperaturi vishe 50 C.

Do you think I wouldn`t understand it if it was spoken to me?

My thought exactly. Unfortunately I still see lots of my compatriots falling for this One and Only Savior thing.. The mature civil society is still developing in Ukraine, people vote without applying thorough critical thinking, without realizing the political system of their country. I also predict a very short period of exaltation until Zelenski starts making blunders, contradicting his loud statements on the Olympic stadium debates stage.

According to some reports there is no exaltation with Zelenski in Ukraine in general and at all. Majority of people who voted for him claimed they chose from the two evils and this choice wasn't the easy one.

I meant exaltation in Z's team..

This kind of exaltation is prepaid, so why does it suppose to experience any unexpected changes?

Because when Z-team sees that they start screwing up big time and all Z's acting skills are just not enough to satisfy the electorate - his retorics will become even more confusing and his rating will take a nosedive. Kolomoyski's puppet show will enjoy just a short honeymoon.

Ukrainian doesn't change unstressed o into a and doesn't change unstressed e, je and ja into i... just that makes a big difference, I've heard Russian dialects that don't reduce unstressed vowels as much and they are a bit easier to understand (but I've been told they're being overtaken by standard Russian).


A census is a kind of survey.... and just about everyone agrees that self-reporting is partially political, saying you speak Ukrainian mostly is a way of supporting the political break from Moscow. Ukrainian usage is expanding, but again, that's a slow process.

Just after Ukraine gained independence this proportion was close to 40/60. Now with loss of Crimea and million fled Donetsk region for Russia, it's maybe 45/55.

Was it Ukrainian in Latin alphabet or what?

Yes, I wrote what I read on a deodorant package and they suggested it is/was Ukrainian. Wasn`t it?

Ukrainian language is based on Cyrillic alphabet.

Yes, it was written in Cyrillic but I used Latin for obvious reasons. Couldn`t you understand it?