Re: Russkii vs Rossiiskii
| From: | HCLE Quernheim <mail@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 18:25 |
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> Not sure how it could in English, though. Maybe keep _Russian_ for
>_rossijskij_ and coin _Russ(ic)_ for _russkij_?
I'd be tempted to suggest _rusky_ for _russkij_. However, in at least one
book I recently read, _russkies_ was used as a pejorative term for Russians
- if this usage exists also extrafictionally, my idea is obviously pretty
bad.
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In German language, there's only one word "russisch" for both ethnicity and
state. "Russki" IS used as a pejorative.
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