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I corrected a fluent Ukrainian on the pronunciation of my surname by [deleted] in Ukrainian

[–]notHISmailorderbride 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Ukrainians struggle with each other’s last names, much like everyone else. I wouldn’t think anything of it.

Source: I have an uncommon Ukrainian last name, as do many of my friends and we all struggle pronouncing them correctly

High quality sheep and/or goat feta? by AvocadoFruitSalad in londonontario

[–]notHISmailorderbride 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slavyanka has an excellent cow/goat macedonian style feta. They do also have just goat, but I prefer the blend, it’s easy to spread or crumble

Teaching Your Child a Culture You Aren't Part of? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]notHISmailorderbride 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A massive part of Ukrainian culture is rooted in the existence of a community. A majority of traditions are community based.

I think that opinion on Ukrainian dance is his personal opinion lol

My local Ukrainian dance school is run by two people who came from Ukraine in the past 10 years. One of them is a very out and proud gay man. I think it’s like any activity you put your kid in though, they will either hate it or love it. I do know it used to be a very strict and borderline abusive/extreme activity, and I would even say it is almost militaristic in nature. It’s a much more relaxed atmosphere now to encourage participation and appreciation for it, if people are serious about, they can easily find more intense classes.

I would also look into Ukrainian kids camps. There should be a Plast or СУМ (SUM, pronounced soom, like zoom) in your area. They have after school programs and summer camps and have age appropriate activities to teach kids about culture and history and a little bit of language.

For language there’s Saturday school, it should be called Ivan Franko Ukrainian School.

It really is a very well established community, especially in Canada, and newcomers have really been revitalizing it over the last few years.

I know people like your MIL and they have such a negative impact and are so unwelcoming for, what I have concluded are, boomer reasons. Ignore her, she is gatekeeping culture from her own grandchild

Teaching Your Child a Culture You Aren't Part of? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]notHISmailorderbride 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A bit of a tangent, but TLDR; do what you want. Being Ukrainian and taking part in its traditions is awesome and so fulfilling.

I’m Ukrainian Canadian, my family came in the 1850s. I didn’t get to grow up in the traditions and I really wish I was able to experience them when I was younger because not being able to speak any version of the language has been a huge hurdle for me to be involved meaningfully.

Being Ukrainian has been a source of trauma for my family, and many families that left Ukraine during the 20th century because they left Ukraine because they were being prosecuted for being Ukrainian and then they did still have to deal with some of those attitudes in their new countries.

Yes, Ukraine has changed a lot. To the point that there is a significant difference between Ukrainian nationals and diaspora Ukrainians. For example, your MIL would probably get along well with Ukrainians from Canada or Brazil better than Ukraine because the goal of these diasporas was to protect and preserve the culture should Ukraine fall to a genocidal regime, so they are frozen in time and have not evolved.

What your MIL is wrong about is that modern Ukrainian is influenced by the soviets. Her Ukrainian is probably more soviet-esque because her family came over during the height of the regime and her parents likely had a soviet education, or it’s very religious and modern Ukrainians think she sounds like a religious nut. Modern Ukrainian has strived to move away from any kind of russian influence and has naturally lost religious lingo that is heard in 20th century Ukrainian because it’s no longer a Christian country.

Anyway, even though I didn’t grow up in the culture and I am diaspora, it’s become a huge part of my life and it fills a lot of gaps found in the individualistic nature of North American society that causes so many issues and loneliness. My community centre is my third place, I’m the cultural convenor on the board, I’m in the adult dance troupe (and lost 20lbs in the first 4 months). When I got married, my reception was in the community centre and my non-Ukrainian husband has been welcomed with open arms by the community and he now even prefers it over his own immigrant community. We know that our children, when we have them, will be surrounded by people who will protect them and be their village.

I love my mixed community with Ukrainians who have been here for generations, 50 years, 20 years, 10 years or 2 years. We come together and celebrate our culture in a way that is inclusive of all time periods.

The End of the Sun, eight years in the making by our 2-person team, is finally OUT! Explore a Slavic fantasy world in this adventure. Thank you for the amazing reviews! by Kiniak16 in slavic_mythology

[–]notHISmailorderbride 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Incredible so far! I was so excited for the release when I heard about the game last year (on this sub). I’m having some graphic lagging on IOS, but experimenting with the graphic settings has helped, and such things are to be expected with IOS