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Using Google Tools For Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Gender Binoms In English And Russian

Table 1:

   Phrase 1  Number of occurrences in Google Phrase 2 Number of occurrences in Google Percentage ratio of Phrases 1 and 2 The reminder of the percentage of Phrases 1 and 2 in Russian and English
muzhchina i zhenshchina 48,600 zhenshchina i muzhchina 12,600 25,9% 7,9
a man and a woman 8,230,000 a woman and a man  2,770,000 33,8%
 2 muzh i zhena  52,500 zhena i muzh 16,100 30,7% 62,1
a husband and a wife 232,000 a wife and a husband 213,000 92,8%
 3 syn i doch' 26,400  doch' i syn 19,600 72,2% 15,7
a son and a daughter 386,000 a daughter and a son 218,000 56,5%
 4 brat i sestra 38,600  sestra i brat 10,100 26,1% 39,7
a brother and a sister 144,000 a sister and a brother 94,800 65,8%
 5 zhenih i nevesta 14,400 nevesta i zhenih 2,010 19,9% 32,8
a bride and a groom 7,580 a groom and a bride 4,000 52,7%
 6 mal'chik i devochka 22,100 devochka i mal'chik 8,260 37,4% 13,1
a boy and a girl 479,000 a girl and a boy  242,000 50,5%
 7 dyadya i tetya 2,810  tetya i dyadya 1,530 54,4% 40
an uncle and an aunt 6,710 an aunt and an uncle 6,340 94,4%
8 babushka i dedushka 502, 00 dedushka i babushka 12,400 2,8% 97,2
a grandfather and a grandmother 2,420 a grandmother and a grandfather 2,420 100%
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