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Hmmm... хрошечка (KHRO-shetch-ka, with the KH sounding something like the Hebrew CH in l'chayim or the Spanish J in jalapeño) is a traditional Russian term of endearment -- there's even a fairytale...

Also, sparrows helped kill Jesus! (At least, according to the folklore in some areas of Russia. Google it!)



Hmmm.... the magpie (Russian сорока, so-RO-ka) is also sleek, partly black, and...

P.S. I can't help adding:

That thing he wrote, the time the sparrow died --
Oh most unpleasant, gloomy, tedious words! --
I called it sweet, and made believe I cried.
The stupid fool, I've...

The word voronka means "a funnel" (and has no relation to vorona, "a crow"). So "voronochka" could possibly be interpreted as "little funnel," which is probably not a good nickname for a girlfriend....