Waxwing but столовая is not an old-fashioned word, it is widely used now.
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Waxwing but столовая is not an old-fashioned word, it is widely used now.
The point is the same argumentation - "In my book Ukrainian A Complete Course for Beginners, it says в Українi."(TATY)/"The most English-Russian dictionaries in Russia say that canteen = столовая"...
I have no more reasonable arguments for you. You've saw some books with misspelling in the language shop and it is more convincing for you than naitive-speakers experience. Ok, go on studeing...
So, Taras Shevchenko lies to Ukrainians for about 160 years... BTW, in the most English-Russian dictionaries printed in Russia I don't know why but the word "canteen" means "столовая" - a dinner....
TATY, all ukrainians know the great ukrainian poet Taras Grigor'evich Shevchenko. He wrote exactly "на Вкраїні", look here http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4747/shevch.html You can disturb...
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