Re: What names do your grandchildren have for you?
Best we can figure, a small village near a place called Kol Wolen (sp) (pronounced "cawl vooleen") in the Ukraine. However, my aunt who speaks the language of my grandfather and did some study on its origin, said it is not pure Ukrainian, but a dialect closer to Russian. The root language in the region is generally called Slovak and although there are differences in dialect, they different "slovak" nations usually can understand each other. I grew up speaking this Ukrainian dialect as it was the primary tongue spoken in my grandparents home which was THE gathering place for all family functions. I can tell you, after talking with the REAL Ukrainians, the language is very close but different. Ya yoshniush noham, pohkiam yo?
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