I've read through these posts, but still am unsure; are Belorussian, Ukranian and Russian all mutually intelligible.Can a Ukrainian speak his language to a Belorussian and still be understood?If a Moscovite goes to Ukraine or Belorus and hears them speaking native tongue, can the Moscovite comprehend?
On a side note; It's funny that Belorussia is named that.Because if 'belo/russia' does mean 'beautiful/russia', that kind of implies that Russia is UNbeautiful. What is the deal with the 'belo' part.Does it actually mean 'beautiful'? Or are all these names just bastardized English translations.I think the German word for 'Russian' means 'stupid' (at least in an older dialect).Unless its the other way around? At some stage anyway, one of these languages was insulting the other race.