True story. Once I called a saleswoman "барышня" - "young lady" - and she was very offended. She told me: "Я вам не барышня, я вам - товарищ продавец!" (I'm not a young lady, I am a "comrad...
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True story. Once I called a saleswoman "барышня" - "young lady" - and she was very offended. She told me: "Я вам не барышня, я вам - товарищ продавец!" (I'm not a young lady, I am a "comrad...
I can't force myself to call anybody "господин". I understand, it's official now, but I still think it sounds like a mockery. :oops:
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