timujin comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timujin 25 November 2014 04:17:05PM 2 points [-]

I came to realise, that I use the word 'fun' in its original English pronounciation (фан) quite a lot in Russian speech, as do my peers. It seems that we have just adopted it.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 25 November 2014 04:18:27PM *  1 point [-]

That's interesting, thank you. Russian has adapted a lot of English vocabulary in the internet age.


There is actually a bit of sneaky cultural warfare in this. After all, it's not just language that is being adopted. Language is just the audible tip of a cultural iceberg.