OBAMA WILL HAVE A FEW GOOD AND A FEW BAD EXPERIENCES WITH THE RUSSIANS...
FOR ONE THING OBAMA'S NAME LOOKS THE SAME IN ENGLISH AS IT DOES IN RUSSIAN!! THIS IS SORT OF RARE...AND GOOD FOR ENGLISH HEADLINE READERS.
CONSIDER:
ENGLISH: "Obama"
RUSSIAN: "Обама"
THE RUSSIAN WORD FOR "NEGRO" IS UNFORTUNATELY EXACTLY LIKE THE "N-WORD" IN AMERICAN ENGLISH...
THIS CAUSES MANY BLACK AMERICANS TRAVELING IN RUSSIA TO THINK THE PEOPLE ARE "RACISTS"...BECAUSE THEY ARE OPENLY USING...OR MUMBLING...THE "N-WORD" WHENEVER THEY SEE A BLACK PERSON...
NOW THE RUSSIANS DO NOT USE THE TERM "BLACK" (Черный="Chyerney," sort of like "Cheney!"). AS FAR AS I KNOW... BLACK IS A "COLOR" NOT A RACE IN RUSSIAN...
BUT THEY DO USE THE TERM: " негр".... WHICH IF YOU KNOW ANY CYRILLIC...IS BASICALLY THE "N-WORD!!"
H="n" e="ye" ...that upside down L is "g" sound, and the p=is the Russian "r" sound...!
SO LOOK FOR THIS RUSSIAN HEADLINE IN NOVEMBER:
Америка голосует негр
