Polonius3: In America one sometimes hears Russians called 'the Russkies' (dunno how you spell it: Roosky, Ruskee?). Is that regarded as offensive or only comical?
I don't think so. Maybe it was meant to be but after all it's pretty much a Russian word that's been 'Americanized'. We all like to create names for people we consider(ed) different. I've been called Haole a few times but never take it personally... ;)
(Wikipedia)
Russki, Russkie
Disparaging when used by foreigners for "Russian"[52] (actually, these are transliterations of the Russian "Русский" (in Russian pronounced: Rooskiy) for "Russian" and the spelling Russkiy is almost always in a literary context. "Russki" in Russian simply means someone who is an ethnic Russian as opposed to a minority nationality within the Russian Federation.)
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