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    Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
    If the latter than most people which the show features are not Russians. They are Ukrainians.
    They all look the same to me.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    They all look the same to me.
    Then try to smell them. Ukranians would be smelling of salo, Russians of vodka.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
    Then try to smell them. Ukranians would be smelling of salo, Russians of vodka.
    Xохрюшка?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
    Xохрюшка?
    Didn't get it. It's not a word, either in Russian or in Ukrainian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
    Didn't get it. It's not a word, either in Russian or in Ukrainian.
    The only thing I can guess is that he misspelled корюшка, but that does not even make sense in context.
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    хохлушка + хрюшка = Xохрюшка

    It's a Level 0 pun. Pork fat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
    хохлушка + хрюшка = Xохрюшка

    It's a Level 0 pun. Pork fat.
    So, the first word is a derogatory name for a Ukrainian woman, the second is an endearing word for a pig. How does it bear on pork fat?
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