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I have no difficulty in admitting that I know nothing about Ukrainian language but I thought that you used the 'i' istead of 'ы' as in your signature (BTW what does it means?).
It is a motto engraved on my sword smile.gif It can be translated as "Death to all undead!" and is written in old church symbols.

BTW, our "і" stands for Russian "и".

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Originally posted by Sir Kozakh Dragonfire:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />I have no difficulty in admitting that I know nothing about Ukrainian language but I thought that you used the 'i' istead of 'ы' as in your signature (BTW what does it means?).

It is a motto engraved on my sword smile.gif It can be translated as "Death to all undead!" and is written in old church symbols.

BTW, our "і" stands for Russian "и". </font>

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Rus. -> Ukr.

"i" -> "i"

"и" -> "ї"

"й" -> "й"

"ы" -> "и"

Almost.

In old Russian alphabet there were both "i" and "и" letters. They were used in different words. "I" was mostly used in older words.

The "ї" letter doesn't have an analogue in Russian. It's purely Ukrainian. It sounds like "йі". The Russian "й" and "ы", as you noted, are equal to Ukrainian "й" and "и" respectively.

To undead reindeer cavalry: :D

Isn't that 'death to all (things) unliving'?
Hmm, this is much more accurate translation than mine. Thank's Glider!
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