help needed with some Cyrillic text.

[amirkraus]

Hello ladies and gentlemen, fellow xkcd readers.

I was thinking this might be the best (and only?) place to get an answer.

This bottle found it's way to my possession, and I'm wondering what's in it:



I'd guess it's a 40% alcohol drink, made from grapes, but that's all I can figure.

Searching for various strings including that English title produced nothing.

Any help would be appreciated. :]

[Supergrunch]

I'd guess it's a 40% alcohol drink, made from grapes, but that's all I can figure.

...wine?

/does not know Cyrillic.

[bbctol]

Um... Cyrillic is not a language, it's an alphabet. Lots of languages use Cyrillic, or forms of it. Since Russian is by far the most popular of those, find a Russian speaker.

[Dent[aey]ne]

I don't speak anything which uses the Cyrillic alphabet, but I've been trying to pick up Russian because it looked fun.

It appears to be Ukrainian, whatever it is (clues: "Україна", found under the illustration, is the Ukrainian word for "Ukraine"; also, searching for the name "Горілка особлива" (written above the big purple letters) returns a nice load of pages with domain names ending in ua and ukr in them). Maybe the Google searching will help with that.

[amirkraus]

I've just found out that it's Ukraine.

[hyperion]

My internet-fu may or may not be up to scratch, but here's what I found:

чорно = blackly
горілкд = vodka
ОСОБЛИВА = special, peculiar, distinct

The bit you want is probably "vodka".

[amirkraus]

Thanks! that kind of solves it.

I'm guessing "blacky" might be related to the type of fruit, as in "blackberries".

[hyperion]

Thanks! that kind of solves it.

I'm guessing "blacky" might be related to the type of fruit, as in "blackberries".

That's possible.

I tried translating the second word in the name, but either it's a proper noun or I couldn't spell it right so I couldn't.

[Waterhouse]

As near as I can tell, it's a place-name. Maybe Smorod Nova = New Smorod?

[deejbot]

I'd bet it's more like a personal name, something like Smirnov, though why it's a feminine style, I don't know.

[zomgmouse]

BLACKCURRANT.

[Bobber]

BLACKCURRANT.

YES SIR. CRUISECONTROL!

No really, that was what I were thinking too.
It's Ukranian vodka made with a taste of blackcurrant, with 40% alcohol.
How does it taste?

[hyperion]

BLACKCURRANT.

STEER MAN, STEER! YOU'LL KILL US ALL!

In other news, I think you're right.

[amirkraus]

BLACKCURRANT.

YES SIR. CRUISECONTROL!

No really, that was what I were thinking too.
It's Ukranian vodka made with a taste of blackcurrant, with 40% alcohol.
How does it taste?

I'll tell as soon as I'll open it!

Thank you, everyone!

[amirkraus]

it's a good vodka with a delicate berry taste.

[Bobber]

Screwdriver time!

[zomgmouse]

Just as you say:

[Bobber]

Not to be inserted into penis

Okay, I wont. That was pretty easy to not do.

[hyperion]

Not to be inserted into penis

Okay, I wont. That was pretty easy to not do.

You say that, but you'll be lying in bed late one night when the temptation sets in.

It is only a matter of time.

[Роберт]

w00t! I don't know Ukrainian, but I guessed right on the whole Ukrainian Black Currant Vodka thing. I want some.