What is This?, Object Education Options

[Kalisurfer]

A friend sent me this picture via email, asking me if I knew what the bottle says and where is it from. I think it is Ukrainian but not 100% sure, also not sure what the label says or what the liquid may be, looks like some type of alcoholic drink. If anyone can decipher this American mystery, please let me know, thanks.

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[babu]

Is this a job, career, finance or education?

[Kalisurfer]

Is this a job, career, finance or education?

It's an educated guess based on a gambler's bet who lost his job, career and financial stability due to drinking whatever is in that bottle being questioned.

[Dhyana]

Yes it is Ukrainian. My best guess would be it is grain/rye vodka. The language is similar to Russian. The two-word name in big betters contains words chlibniy ["bread", adjective, masculine singular] and dar [which I am pretty sure means "gift" and is masculine gender].

Theoretically the expression could also refer to "bread acid", a traditional non-alcoholic Russian drink. However, it is a very simple kind of drink and it would not be marketed in elegant glass bottles.

Besides, the smaller word in the red banner below is klasichnaya" which means classical and is in feminine gender. "Acid" would be masculine.

Guess what noun is feminine? Vodka.

Also, upon closer inspection with some squinting, I have deciphered two of the three words in the circle, and they say ukrainskaya gorilka -- "gorilka" being the word for vodka. "Gorzalka" in Polish.


Ity arthah.

[Kalisurfer]

Yes it is Ukrainian. My best guess would be it is grain/rye vodka. The language is similar to Russian. The two-word name in big betters contains words chlibniy ["bread", adjective, masculine singular] and dar [which I am pretty sure means "gift" and is masculine gender].

Theoretically the expression could also refer to "bread acid", a traditional non-alcoholic Russian drink. However, it is a very simple kind of drink and it would not be marketed in elegant glass bottles.

Besides, the smaller word in the red banner below is klasichnaya" which means classical and is in feminine gender. "Acid" would be masculine.

Guess what noun is feminine? Vodka.

Also, upon closer inspection with some squinting, I have deciphered two of the three words in the circle, and they say ukrainskaya gorilka -- "gorilka" being the word for vodka. "Gorzalka" in Polish.


Ity arthah.

Thank you Dhyana, it was nice to see the process of a translation word sleuth in action! I will now be able to tell the friend not to give any to his pet parakeet, though I surmise that by opening the bottle and taking a sip, he would be able to guess what it was. It was a gift from someone he worked with but the person was re-gifting and had no idea what it was either, which makes one wonder how anyone can give something to someone without being sure it's not nitro-glycerin or some grain based solvent? I thought with your language background that something may seem familiar, thanks much.

[ePiTau]

Theoretically the expression could also refer to "bread acid", a traditional non-alcoholic Russian drink. However, it is a very simple kind of drink and it would not be marketed in elegant glass bottles.

Besides, in the lower right corner it clearly says 40% ... that settles the matter, or rather the spirit . . .

[Dhyana]

Theoretically the expression could also refer to "bread acid", a traditional non-alcoholic Russian drink. However, it is a very simple kind of drink and it would not be marketed in elegant glass bottles.

Besides, in the lower right corner it clearly says 40% ... that settles the matter, or rather the spirit . . .

Indeed, thanks ePiTau. Going straight for the least visible detail has always been your forte! Especially if the detail in question is a number

[Kalisurfer]

Thanks eP and Dhyana, the translation of words and numbers was forwarded and many thanks came back my way, so I am now sending the energy of those thanks to you two, should make it across the ocean in about 6 hours. Also found out that the original person who received the bottle of Ukrainian vodka was someone who works for a shipping company in Florida, and it did come off a Russian ship his company unloaded, given to him as gift from one of the crew members.

[Brainiac]

Also found out that the original person who received the bottle of Ukrainian vodka was someone who works for a shipping company in Florida, and it did come off a Russian ship his company unloaded, given to him as gift from one of the crew members.

Please ensure he knows it appears to be a grain/rye vodka, therefore forbidden for your friend to consume on Ekadasi.

[babu]

Used to stay warm in the winter though care must be used not to get over toasty.

[Gomer]

On our honeymoon in Hawaii on the Big Island in 1979 (a year after our marriage) we camped at the very spot where Captain Cook was killed and, as the story goes, was eaten. The place is known as The Monument. I restored some of the traditional hut foundations fashioned from lava stones - the only stones to be found in Hawaii. Hidden inside of a section of wall I found two bottles. One was a square bottle not unlike the one you have, Kali, except it was more crudely made and obviously hand-blown complete with a blob of glass that had been stamped with the words, "Palm Boom." I took it to the museum where I was told it was from the era of Cook's fateful visit. The fellow told me that 'Boom' was the name for gin. It is quite possible that it came from Captain Cook's own ship the Resolution in 1779. He was forced to return to Kealakekua Bay after departure because of a damaged mast.