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    девчонка = девочка?

    У этих слоб самого смыслы?
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    Yup. They're the same thing; I know because I recently asked this very same question:
    http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtop ... =%EE%EF%E0
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    Re: девчонка = девочка?

    Quote Originally Posted by sperk
    У этих слов одинаковый смысл_?
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    "Девчонка" sometimes can sound a bit rude. For example:
    Какая дрянная девчонка! (What a nasty girl!), but:
    Какая хорошая девочка! (What a good girl!).
    And one more case:
    Than you introduce your g/f to your mother, she (the mother) can say:
    "Какая симатичная девочка!" (What a pretty girl!).
    But your friend, more likely, would say "симпатичная девчонка".
    Please, correct my mistakes, except for the cases I misspell something on purpose!

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    Re: девчонка = девочка?

    Quote Originally Posted by sperk
    У этих слоб самого смыслы?
    спасибо
    I would like to add to the previous points.
    The word 'девчонка' is probably more common in the expression: моя девушка. Моя девочка seems very outdated nowadays. Though you can still hear it.
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