Fw: "Rossianin": QUERY

[Erin Trouth]

To add my two cents to this:

As I understand, the word "rossiyanin" was coined in the early 90s to
be the noun form of the adjective "rossiiski," which is used to
describe things pertaining to the Russian state, not to the language or
culture.  However, "rossiyanin" (and "rossiyanka" even more so) is
still not widely used.  The plural, "rossiyane" is used more freqently,
but it can sound funny to many Russians, especially when used multiple
times in a single speech or paper.  They understand the term but it
sounds a bit too politically correct, I think.

Erin Trouth

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