HBO's Chernobyl

**Husar** · 06-11-2019, 19:40

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

If the latter than most people which the show features are not Russians. They are Ukrainians.

They all look the same to me.

**Gilrandir** · 06-12-2019, 09:46

Originally Posted by Husar

They all look the same to me.

Then try to smell them. Ukranians would be smelling of salo, Russians of vodka.

**Montmorency** · 06-13-2019, 22:53

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

Then try to smell them. Ukranians would be smelling of salo, Russians of vodka.

Xохрюшка?

**Gilrandir** · 06-14-2019, 10:05

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Xохрюшка?

Didn't get it. It's not a word, either in Russian or in Ukrainian.

**CrossLOPER** · 06-14-2019, 18:30

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

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.

**Montmorency** · 06-14-2019, 19:44

хохлушка + хрюшка = Xохрюшка

It's a Level 0 pun. Pork fat.

**Gilrandir** · 06-15-2019, 04:26

Originally Posted by Montmorency

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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