Comments on: English Is Astoundingly Like Russian, But What About French? (The Origin of the Word Bistro) http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/french-2/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Susan http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/french-2/comment-page-1/#comment-153082 Susan Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:09:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4646#comment-153082 Please submit this article to Wikipedia - this is the only complete explanation that I found on the web that provides clear evidence as to why the word Bistro did not originate from Russian. (As much as I would like it to, since I'm Russian.) The truth matters more. Thank you. Please submit this article to Wikipedia – this is the only complete explanation that I found on the web that provides clear evidence as to why the word Bistro did not originate from Russian.

(As much as I would like it to, since I’m Russian.)

The truth matters more.

Thank you.

]]> By: John Cowan http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/french-2/comment-page-1/#comment-151918 John Cowan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:09:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4646#comment-151918 Well, English is after all a penultimate-stress language with many lexical exceptions. However, it may be that <i>pirozhki</i> gets its stress by confusion with <i>pierogi</i>, which is Polish and therefore legitimately penultimately stressed, though <i>pierogi</i> are of course <i>vareniki</i>, not <i>pirozhki</i>. I have seen the doubly hybridized term "Varenyky pierogies" on the menu of a Ukrainian restaurant (now sadly defunct) in NYC. Well, English is after all a penultimate-stress language with many lexical exceptions. However, it may be that pirozhki gets its stress by confusion with pierogi, which is Polish and therefore legitimately penultimately stressed, though pierogi are of course vareniki, not pirozhki. I have seen the doubly hybridized term “Varenyky pierogies” on the menu of a Ukrainian restaurant (now sadly defunct) in NYC.

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