A quick Ukrainian Rant

esterday I had an argument with someone about the origins of my name. They said:
"Odesa.. thats a wierd name. Are you named after the Russian city?"
and I said:
"No, actually I'm named after the Ukrainian city. Odesa is in Ukraine."
to which they wittily retorted:
"Nu - uh"

and I said"Yah huh "

And he said:
"well.. it doesn't really matter does it - Russia and Ukraine are exactly the same"

Now, I understand that not everyone around me has been indoctrinated about Ukraine like me, so I count to ten and take a deep breath and he says:

"So, you know, you spell your name wrong, hey? Odesa has 2 s's"

Well... thank GOD someone pointed that out. I've been foolishly misspelling my own name.

So.. I held back the fist of death and said:
"Actually, the city in UKRAINE is spelt with one S. This is because the Ukraine Languege does not use double S's. Also, 2 s's is an Americanized and Russified way of spelling the city."

And he says -
"wow.. so your ukrainian arn't you.

ughhhhh!