Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2023 February 7

= February 7 =

A3OB
What is A30B? What the 3 refers to which three? Why no A4OB or A2OB ever exist? Hvguijft567 (talk) 06:16, 7 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I think you may mean АЗОВ, not A3OB. There are many things so named, of which the most well-known now is probably the Azov Regiment. The letter resembling a 3 is not a 3. Shells-shells (talk) 06:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 * DoNotFeedTroll.svg --Lambiam 10:01, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

"Continuous spelling" in Russian phrases (ex: "Krymnash", "Jarusskij")
I've been working on the Krymnash page, and in the sources I've been looking at, there are multiple quotes referring to how the spelling of phrases like "Krym nash" (lit: "Crimea's ours") as one word without spaces seems to change the semantics. A quote on the Russian version of the page notes the change of use of the phrase due to "слитного написания" ("continuous spelling") in passing, but when I search that phrase online, I don't get any results. I've seen this with other phrases related to Russian nationalism, like "Ja Russkij", which I've seen spelled as one word ("Jarusskij") in a super-Slavic font on shirts worn by Russian ultranationalists. Does anyone know if there's an actual name for this? I want to be able to explain to the reader of the article why exactly "Krymnash" is spelled without spaces, which is hard when I don't even know what this phenomena is called or what it signifies in Russia. HappyWith (talk) 20:15, 7 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Try searching for слитное написание, and you'll find e.g. this. --Lambiam 23:44, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't believe it has any specific affinity to Russian nationalism, or even to Russian language: continuous spelling turns a phrase into a slogan, or in modern parlance, a hashtag, much like Metoo came to be spelled without a space. --213.137.72.62 (talk) 07:23, 8 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The article on the Russian Wikipedia explains this adequately. --Lambiam 13:40, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Which article? The one about Krymnash or the one about the Continuous spelling usage? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 13:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I meant ru:Крымнаш. --Lambiam 20:33, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The article on the Russian Wikipedia neither asserts nor denies the specific affinity to Russian nationalism, or to Russian language, which is the topic of HappyWith's question. 213.137.72.62 (talk) 19:19, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The poster wrote, 'I want to be able to explain to the reader of the article why exactly "Krymnash" is spelled without spaces'. This is what is explained on the Russian Wikipedia. It is essentially the explanation given by 213, specifically the use of "continuous spelling" for hashtags, and my response to 213's posting was intended to serve as a confirmation. --Lambiam 20:39, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! That's basically the info I was looking for. That makes sense, I think it should be easier to find sources now. HappyWith (talk) 20:14, 8 February 2023 (UTC)