Named the most annoying foreign words for Russians

“Zarplata.ru”: Russians are most annoyed by foreign words to follow, fix and proof

Research Center of the Zarplata.ru service named the most annoying foreign words for Russians in professional communication. The research data is cited by RT.

It turned out that only half of the 1,800 respondents use Anglicisms in professional communication. At the same time, 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 their colleagues. Russians from 25 to 34 years old have a positive attitude towards Anglicism, 67 percent of respondents among this age group use foreign words at work and do not mind when others use them.

The most annoying for respondents, according to the study, were 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).

Previously, the Russian federal television channel Match TV compiled 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.

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