Sumela » 15 Mar 2024, 3:20 pm » wrote: ↑
Google says Russians call each mostly Comrade or Russkiya, pronounced 'roosKEYya'. So Russki is fairy close.
That's close enough...
There are places
named Russki in the mother country.
I have never gotten in any trouble by referring to Russians that way.
...
Seems like then I'd have to be annoyed by the Austrians calling me Michigan.
(They remembered where I was from easier than my name.)
I was there for weeks at a time, became drinking buddies, never a problem.
Although they did pretend to be confused or unaware about the name Schicklgruber...
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.