How the internet is changing language
"Computer slang is developing pretty fast in Ukraine," she said.
The Mac and Linux communities even have their own word for people who prefer Microsoft Windows - віндузятники (vinduzyatnyky literally means "Windowers" but the "nyky" ending makes it derogatory).
"There are some original words with an unmistakably Ukrainian flavour," said Ms Pyrkalo.
The dreaded force-quit process of pressing 'Control, Alt, Delete' is known as Дуля (dulya).
"A dulya is an old-fashioned Ukrainian gesture using two fingers and a thumb - something similar to giving a finger in Anglo-Saxon cultures," she said.
"And you need three fingers to press the buttons. So it's like telling somebody (a computer in this case) to get lost."
via bbc.co.uk
That is ... beautiful.
*snif*
