The most annoying foreign words for Russians are named: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru
The research center of the Zarplata.ru service named the most annoying foreign words for Russians in professional communication. Research data leads RT.
It turned out that only half of 1,800 respondents use Anglicisms in professional communication. Moreover, every tenth Russian aged 45-55 does not understand the meaning of borrowing.
14 percent of respondents aged 35-44 said they get annoyed when they hear foreign words in the speech of colleagues. Russians from 25 to 34 years old are positive towards Anglicisms, 67 percent of respondents among this age group use foreign words at work and do not mind when others use them.
The most annoying words for respondents, according to the study, were the words sync (sync), follow (follow), submit (submit), approve (approve or approve something) and brainstorm (brainstorm). Also, Russians are annoyed by the use of the words fix (check and correct mistakes), proof (proof), skip (skip, ignore), day-off (day off).
Earlier, the Russian federal television channel Match TV compiled a list of words prohibited for use on the air. It got such words as “like”, “coach”, “okay”. Underdog, background, goalscorer, loser, no-name, performance, play-out, skills, sim-building, training, championship and others.