tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post2965808137665826822..comments2023-09-26T12:09:58.509+03:00Comments on English Language Etiquette for Russians: Word of the week: “chivalry”Ian Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199914038770927077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-52987013655804168462012-04-23T00:18:35.207+04:002012-04-23T00:18:35.207+04:00I believe that in Russian we have almost an identi...I believe that in Russian we have almost an identical word "рыцарство" which happens to be a loan translation from French word "chivalry" (or "chevalerie"). This is why I'm rather surprised your Russian readers found the term difficult to understand or look up.OWGrunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266776726563878514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351778691752546690.post-50010263404800923832012-04-22T12:40:23.704+04:002012-04-22T12:40:23.704+04:00In the West it nowadays must be considered an old-...In the West it nowadays must be considered an old-fashioned term, which previously meant an almost honourable deference towards women, but which in contemporary PC society would all too often be seen as a patronising and even demeaning attitude towards women. There's an interesting article exploring this theme here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026140/How-PC-brigade-killing-chivalry-according-bible-etiquette.html So chivalry is more-or-less dead in the UK, but mainly because the PC brigade made it so. In Russia it is, thankfully, still okay to present ladies with flowers and open doors for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com