Post #2739525
2026-05-12 14:05 UTC
@matt@oslo.town Is that the Metro stop for the main rail station? (I'm assuming the word means the same in Ukrainian as it does in Russian, weirdly derived from the Vauxhall pleasure garden in 19th-century London).
#language #Ukrainian #etymology
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@DrMcStrange@kolektiva.social 2026-05-14 11:33
@david_megginson@mstdn.ca @matt@oslo.town Huh, I noticed the resemblance to Vauxhall and thought it was odd, but was completely unaware of the etymology!