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**gogona** · 05-03-2012, 09:40 PM

And where is the term for Latvians- horse heads?

As for what I can remember about Latvian terms-
Jews- Žīdi (it's kind of perceived as despective, but is more like politically incorrect)
Russians- Vaņkas
Estonians- Kurrati

Zirga galvas maybe, but it always has anecdotive colour in it

I've heard this term for Jews is turning into politically incorrect in some countries but not here. It's a loanword but in Lithuanian it happens to have a very positive meaning: žydėti means "to bloom". But I've heard that čigonai is considered as politically incorrect, now they're officially called romai. I don't understand why this is happening.

---------- Post added 2012-05-03 at 16:43 ----------

Interesting.

And do Russian living in your country despise you?

Generally there aren't problems with Russian minority. Poles make a bigger fuss.

05-03-2012, 09:40 PM	#24
gogona Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	And where is the term for Latvians- horse heads? As for what I can remember about Latvian terms- Jews- Žīdi (it's kind of perceived as despective, but is more like politically incorrect) Russians- Vaņkas Estonians- Kurrati Zirga galvas maybe, but it always has anecdotive colour in it I've heard this term for Jews is turning into politically incorrect in some countries but not here. It's a loanword but in Lithuanian it happens to have a very positive meaning: žydėti means "to bloom". But I've heard that čigonai is considered as politically incorrect, now they're officially called romai. I don't understand why this is happening. ---------- Post added 2012-05-03 at 16:43 ---------- Interesting. And do Russian living in your country despise you? Generally there aren't problems with Russian minority. Poles make a bigger fuss.
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