[Clemenza]

My Uncle (born in Passaic, raised in Clifton) had a German father and Lemko mother. He said that people would stare at him when he tried to explain who his maternal ancestors were, although there was a sizeable concentration in Passaic at one point.

[anonymoussierra]

translation

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"Names sound very polish; what dialect do they use? Is polish spoken in U.S.A?"

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thank you/co myslicie? Mamy kilka dialektow

[fotw]

Wasn't Niemen a Lemko?

[spanalot]

"The Lemkos are a Russian Orthodox minority who lived in the Carpathian Mountains, which run through what is now Ukraine, Poland, Romania and Slovakia"

This sounds like a long ways from the Kremlin - why do they keep calling them "Russian" and not Ukrainian which is most similar to their language and culture.

[spanalot]

"At one time, there were more than 10,000 Lemko Association members throughout the United States who would attend such commemorations. Now, only a few hundred are left."

There are still thousands that now frequent places like SUM. These festivals are growing every year thanks to the support of several Ukrainian orgainzations - this one is three days and draws people from all over the world.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_cSCbUDvRGUJ:www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2004/300430.shtml+SUM+lemko+vatra&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:J5xl6h6zy7kJ:www.lemko.org/lemko/vatra/2005VatraUS.pdf+SUM+lemko+vatra&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Revolting cat!]

Shoosh, and I thought 'lemko' meant 'milk' in Polish!

[Bernard]

So now that we've got Lemko all sorted out, what's a Kashub?