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Originally Posted by ReeceZ
The proper Ukrainian term for perogi is varenyky. Pyrohy is Polish. Full stop.
How many more of these stupid threads will be allowed to be created? Where is the moderation in this forum?
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Actually, пироги is in the western Ukrainian lexicon (and in that of the diaspora). The roots of the word could be polish, but that doesn't make it a non-Ukrainian word as well. Just like how standard Ukrainian would use картопля for potato, but regionalisms include бульба, бараболя (more common in the diaspora), мандибурка, among others.
Languages borrow and influence each other all the time and in eastern Europe especially there is a lot of overlap and gradual transitions between languages.
As this thread was always a bit of a "joke", I don't see the need to take it too seriously...
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