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Is it "comrad" or "comrayd"? (hexbear.net)
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Which is it? Which do you use? Are there different associations between them?

I've always said it "comrad," but when I started to meet people in orgs, they predominantly say "comrayd" (within the same country).

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[–] hypercracker@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's pronounced tóngzhì, get used to saying it

however apparently this is contemporary slang for gay in some parts of China

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Do you think the slang comes from the homoerotic USSR-PRC propaganda?

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

however apparently this is contemporary slang for gay in some parts of China

It is from this Chinese slang term that Toki Pona got its word for enby, "tonsi"