One Ukranian to another: "Have you heard how Moscovites call PYYYYVO (beer)? - PEEVO!
Answer: "I would kill them all!"
I don't think that the meaning of it is understandable for foreigneers :), it's about difference in pronunciation.
>'Reminds you of an old anecdote about "You heard ...... beer....?"' That's as far as I can translate...what's the rest? :-)
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>>Eto napominaet mne staryi anekdot: "Ty slyhal yak moskali PYYYYVO nazyvayut? ... :)))
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>>>In Ukrainian (in Poland too, I suppose) it sounds much like PY. Transcription for Russians: [pi:vo]. For Ukrainians 'i' in transcriotion goes without dot above it, but still with ':', like 'PYYYYVO'. :)
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