To: mnehrling
Have been there, into plant twice. Ukrainians and Russians there all told me it was Wormwood.
106 posted on
01/18/2007 2:43:14 PM PST by
MindBender26
(Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
To: MindBender26
'Cherno' comes from the Russian word for black (÷îðíèé) and 'byl' comes from the Russian word for 'blades of grass', billia (áèëëÿ) so the closest translation would be 'blackgrass'.
There is a forest near that is named after Mugwort(sp?) which is a close relative of Wormwood.. I think this is where the mistranslation & popular connection started..
111 posted on
01/18/2007 2:47:48 PM PST by
mnehring
(Virtus Junxit mors non Separabit)
To: MindBender26
Sorry about the previous, Cyrillic letters don't show..
112 posted on
01/18/2007 2:48:19 PM PST by
mnehring
(Virtus Junxit mors non Separabit)
To: MindBender26
Have been there, into plant twice. Ukrainians and Russians there all told me it was Wormwood.1. Why were you in Chernobyl?
2. Why did they lie to you? The Russian word for wormwood (polyn gorkaya) doesn't even come close to Chernobyl.
116 posted on
01/18/2007 2:53:03 PM PST by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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