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@matana https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%87%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0

@matana when I was in Kazakhstan on holiday (a sentence that makes many Americans go "why would you want to visit there?) people were very nice, even to someone like me who is VERY much out of place.

They also were surprised I wanted to leave Nur Sultan and go places. It was a two stage reaction

"You ????? want to see????? other things??? EXCELLENT!"

Pleasantly surprised that cultures other than the Ainu are mentioned in Golden Kamuy.

Haven't heard any piece of media talk about the Nivkh people basically ever.

@matana yeah, I think Russian that's spoken in the far east region, especially by non ethnic Russians is more heavy with prison slang because...well....that's where they sent all the prisoners in the Soviet days (they also straight up kidnapped people from the Alaskan islands but ANYWAY)

@matana he would also tell my brothers and I when we were scared about something stupid «цу, не чушк!»

Which is VERY offensive apparently, especially to a 6 year old boy.

@matana if he's angry say воздух instead of деньги, particularly when talking about spending too much on something and he regularly calls arguments тёрки rather than аргументы

@matana yes but no. My father's side is native Alaskan, they are dangerously close to Russia. Due to history, they know a decent amount of Russian.

@applejack interesting

@matana yeaaaaah, I don't use them much, but my sister and mom do a strange amount of time.

My dad uses a suspicious amount of criminal/prison slang when he wants to emphasize something. I don't ask why because I'm afraid of the answer.

When I spent time in Iceland with extended family, I noticed something that was pretty subtle but noticable.

Dudes tended to use slang contracted forms like erþakki vs er það ekki? (really?) and hvaretta? (What's this?) and generally just speak in a far more relaxed way.

I never really heard (many) girls talk this way, but this was a few years ago, so maybe that's changed

I've also noticed, particularly in Russian but also other languages, men will use the "low colloquial" forms when speaking casually, but not inherently in a degrading or mocking sense. I've mostly seen it used as a "it's just $thing, nothing special/don't make a big deal about it."

Also men will swear a LOT more than women, I don't entirely know the reason for this.

Ща, 'то моя работёнка. (Yeah, it's my job)

It doesn't mean he doesn't like it, but it carries an air of "it's just a job man, I gotta make money."

@Elfie @hideki >prominent futa artist also has a beetle farm
This makes perfect sense and I can't explain why

I've never seen a more brainlet linguistic take than: "men and women don't speak differently in [natural language here]"

Because a vast majority of the time yes they fucking do. It may not be as pronounced like in Japanese, but damn if they speak *exactly the same*.

Something I've noticed over years of looking at different languages.

Men (or extremely tomboyish women)
- often use a lot of truncated/clipped/reduced forms
- drop formalities quicker than women
- in the case of languages like Japanese or Korean, they use the harsh/vulgar register to tease or mock their friends. (おい、やめろよ！）
- don't tend to use tag questions that often

Women (and effeminate men):
- don't typically use reduced/truncated forms unless speaking quickly
- are less quick to drop formalities
- (mostly in asia but other countries as well) try to sound cute
- higher use of tag questions ("right?" "huh?")

@bud16 I like how Xander has a look like "a dick is a dick bro." @privateart@baraag.net

@graf >"controverisal beliefs"
Shocking! Man in a different time period had beliefs modern people don't like!
@cereal

@graf also being half indigenous myself, I don't know of any inuit/indigenous person who finds "Eskimo" offensive. If anything it's just inaccurate.

@graf >indigenous people
I though it came from the American GIs in WWII alongside the Japanese (cf. お久しぶりです)
Bit of a stretch to call it racist though.

I've been meaning to buy a new keyboard anyway, so I guess now's the time.