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| Hideout Newbie United States Joined 4738 days ago 20 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Japanese, French | Message 1 of 3 09 February 2015 at 11:23pm | IP Logged |
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I met a russian girl the other day and she called me 'honechka' (I think that's how you
would transliterate it.) I've tried looking it up in slang dictionaries but can't find it. Anyone know what it means? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| day1 Groupie Latvia Joined 3837 days ago 93 posts - 158 votes  Speaks: English | Message 2 of 3 10 February 2015 at 9:09am | IP Logged |
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...a guess, but maybe it's making fun of the word "Honey?" As in, how you'd affectionately call someone?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4652 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 3 10 February 2015 at 11:01am | IP Logged |
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I concur with the above poster. That seems likely (I can't seem to think of any word
in Russian that's used as a term of endearment that starts with хон-). Keep in mind that in Russian people often tend to use diminutives with friends, people they know, or to be sweet/polite (even in order to flirt). I do not know the context but I would assume this word is being used in a flirtatious manner, or at least to express some kind of cuteness/endearment. It's common to use first names for this, but you can equally use animal names or even some other weird things to address people - for example, there's stuff like рыбка, ласточка, гугусик, зайчик, etc. I know someone that calls me Журавушка (little crane bird) and all of its varieties. It's simply a sweet way to address someone. The -очка/ечка/ушка suffixes often have this connotation of cuteness or sweetness. I only use them in more intimate contexts, but I call one of my friends "совушка" (сова means owl). A girl named Анна I would address normally as Аня (Ань if calling her directly) but if I know that person well I may say Анечка instead. Edited by tarvos on 10 February 2015 at 11:02am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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