What words, phrases or signs do you use and how do you get your partner’s attention?

  • Jojo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Oh I wasn’t by any means intending to cast shade. I was just speculating on possibilities, from the phrase being more popular inland to the phrase being unheard-of for various reasons.

    I don’t speak Russian and have never been closer to Russia than Prijedor or Zagreb, so I am by no means an authority and I’m not trying to contradict anyone.

    • Uncle_sure@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      No problem, I’m glad to have such a great discussion! By the way, English teachers in slavic countries like to teach very old phrases/memes. Like “raining cats and dogs” for the heavy rain, “wet blanket” for a grinch person. Also they can trying to tell something about cockney (which will never help students in real life) So it’s no wonder that some virtually non-existent russian memes could go into textbooks. But the “go to Riga” is not completely dead yet. Need to wait for a decade or two :)