Commenter Thread Comments on Weekend Music Thread music thread #09 In Russia, Christmas music sings you! by Pro Bono 2025-12-24 15:41:15 A comment I made yesterday has got lost. Too much Cyrillic, perhaps. 2025-12-23 11:38:38 I've tried to follow what she says (at 9-11 seconds). It's "Цифры на термометре, Оксана, говорят на улицу не ногой" "The numbers on the thermometer, Oksana, say 'don't step outside'" However, she's speaking fast and there's no pause where I've put the second comma. "Оксана" could be something else. 2025-12-23 03:47:54 Оксана is a common female name in Ukraine. The diminutive Оксанка is used to refer pejoratively to a generic Ukrainian woman. Wiktionary says it derives from the Greek ξενία, meaning 'hospitality', from ξένος, 'foreign', c.f. English 'xeno-'. I can't speak authoritatively, but I've found no support online for an association with 'thermometer'.
A comment I made yesterday has got lost. Too much Cyrillic, perhaps.
I've tried to follow what she says (at 9-11 seconds). It's
"Цифры на термометре, Оксана, говорят на улицу не ногой"
"The numbers on the thermometer, Oksana, say 'don't step outside'"
However, she's speaking fast and there's no pause where I've put the second comma. "Оксана" could be something else.
Оксана is a common female name in Ukraine. The diminutive Оксанка is used to refer pejoratively to a generic Ukrainian woman.
Wiktionary says it derives from the Greek ξενία, meaning 'hospitality', from ξένος, 'foreign', c.f. English 'xeno-'.
I can't speak authoritatively, but I've found no support online for an association with 'thermometer'.