Ping: Parb -- Pierogi question
"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Don Gray > wrote:
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>> In message Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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>> > In article Don Gray > wrote:
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>> > > Thanks for the help on the linguistic front. It's surprising how
>> > > ignorant
>> > > we can be about other people's customs and foods. I would guess that
>> > > there are quite a few similarities between English and Slovak foods,
>> > > seeing as we live in similar cold climates.
>> > >
>> > > I'm going to try pirohies
>> >
>> > Not pirohies. Pirohy IS plural. Please get it right. Not many
>> > similarities between English and Slovak food that I've seen. The
>> > Slovak
>> > food is flavorful. "-)
>>
>> Sorry about incorrect grammar.
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> It's not a hanging offense. "-)
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>> I told you that I had never seen it in print
>> so I had to guess. So what's the singular then?
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> The Polish is, I believe, pierog. And the Slovak is, (I'm guessing)
> piroh. Be sure to roll the r.
>
Seems to me there is no such thing as a singular pierogi. You gotta make a
lot of 'em and no way you're going to eat just one!
:-)
Donna
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