HBO's Chernobyl

[Gilrandir]

You are except linguistic sophistication (or competency) from an American?

You mean like "You accept linguistic ..." or like "You can expect anything except linguistic ..." ?

Well, I expect competence from anyone who sports his Russian skills whenever he gets a chance.

C'mon, is it not obviously in reference to salo?

I could accept it if you were more careful with using derogatory names for nations. Otherwise I expect that next you would come up with something like wopasta (wop+pasta), shakshukike (shakshuka+kike), niggeribs (nigger+ribs). Or would these be considered unacceptable for a public forum like this? Or does using Cyrillic absolve you from being considered abusive?

[Montmorency]

Well, I expect competence from anyone who sports his Russian skills whenever he gets a chance.

I've owned that my Russian is uneven, but sometimes the context is ripe.

Otherwise I expect that next you would come up with something like wopasta (wop+pasta), shakshukike (shakshuka+kike), niggeribs (nigger+ribs). Or would these be considered unacceptable for a public forum like this?

Those don't work well as puns.

Or does using Cyrillic absolve you from being considered abusive?

My understanding was that khokhol is considered a fairly playful sobriquet like "limey" or "cheesehead". I apologize for being a goat.

[Gilrandir]

Those don't work well as puns.

They are not meant as puns but as telescopic words (like brunch= breakfast + lunch).

My understanding was that khokhol is considered a fairly playful sobriquet like "limey" or "cheesehead". I apologize for being a goat.

For a Russian who uses it, it may be what you describe. Not so for Ukrainians. But the apology is accepted.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

You mean like "You accept linguistic ..." or like "You can expect anything except linguistic ..." ?

£Expect" was what I meant.

Dyslexia is the bane of my wit - I'm at least 400% funnier in real life, 800% if you're a woman.

[Gilrandir]

Dyslexia is the bane of my wit - I'm at least 400% funnier in real life, 800% if you're a woman.

And 1600% if you are a tipsy woman?