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Comment by flemhans

5 years ago

The typical reply in Russian to "How are you" is "normalno" (normal), which I always thought should appeal to computer geeks

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FpUser  5 years ago

I always answer "still alive" in either language when I am asked by the people I know. When asked by random person like bank teller I would answer something weird. This would usually throw them out of their sleepy mood and suddenly they become more alive and attentive.

andyxor  5 years ago

"normalyok" and more informally "zayebis"

  • graton  5 years ago

    So for others "zayebis" = "fucking awesome".

    A bit vulgar to use.

    • cosmodisk  5 years ago

      Nice!I haven't used that word since the childhood,when using Russian words without property understanding them was a norm. You are right, definitely a proper situation is needed to use it.

    • utrack  5 years ago

      I'd say that it's more of a "damn fine", and "fucking awesome" would be "ohuenno". Both of them are vulgar ofc