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he who shalt meth with rogues...he who shalt meth with rogues...Posted Apr 27, 2012 22:28 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: he who shalt meth with rogues... by gvy Parent article: Whither Mandriva?
I'm a native Russian, and this doesn't sound insulting for me. It's one of usual contractions that happen in informal speech.
For example, "kazakhstantsi" ("Kazakhstanians") -> "kazahi" follows the same route.
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he who shalt meth with rogueth... Posted May 29, 2012 7:04 UTC (Tue) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]
Sorry, I've been to Kazakhstan quite a few times (see wallpapers-mike package in ALT Linux for some proof) and the analogy you give just doesn't hold: the word "kazakhstantsi" is virtually missing in circulation while the nation is referred to as "kazakhi" for a long long time.
If you please, the logical direction is rather the opposite: "stan" means "land", and "kazakh""stan" means "kazakhi's land".
And it still sounds as insulting as Zhyndy Batyr to me. :)
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