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In case you're wondering, Blin (or Блин) is just Pancake in Russian.

It was given by my favorite YouTuber that these pancakes have to be thin to be a proper blin. Is this true?

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    Questions need to stand on their own, not be entirely reliant on an external source - otherwise if that source ever disappears, so does the question. – Tetsujin Mar 14 '21 at 11:27

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This seems to be more of a linguistic question to me. It depends on who you ask. In the region where I live: not necessarily, both the American style and French crêpe style pancakes are sometimes called "блин" and "блинчики" (little pancakes).

But for a lot of people it's only the French thin ones. And they call the other one "оладушки". (Read: oladushki) It's not exactly defined by region as much as simply what you're used to.

Also: the word is also a curse word, although a very childish one. The English version might be 'crap', I think.

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    True. "Pancake" is not a reasonable translation of "блин". The variety I am familiar with are yeast risen and so not similar to crepes except in thinness. It's like asking how to translate "Spaghetti" into English. You can describe it but there isn't a translation. – Sobachatina Mar 14 '21 at 17:17
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    @Sobachatina - reminds me of a trip to Venice. The menus are provided in several languages, English being actually the least useful. "Meat sauce with paste" (yes, past***e***) does not really adequately describe 'spaghetti bolognese' or any of the other dishes that could be over-translated into the same description. I had to read the Italian to know what I was ordering, even though I don't speak Italian ;) – Tetsujin Mar 14 '21 at 18:30
  • Yes, but it is not really "crap", but rather the family-friendly form of "блять" (blyat) which you might already know. –  Mar 14 '21 at 19:20
  • I meant that it would be used in the same context as the English speaking would use 'crap'. When you drop something or miss your bus for example. – Lavandysh Mar 16 '21 at 13:00