> What UNIX are you using where that's a valid username? If Linux, what distribution?
Cygwin, as it uses usernames from underlying Windows
> Not disparaging it, just wondering. I agree that this is not how zsh should be behaving. Are other shells (e.g. bash, Korn, tcsh) behaving correctly?
Works fine in bash:
> quote_type
> PS1='\u >'
> Студент >
>  to write their native languages "Cyrillic", not "Cyryllic". Your English spelling and grammar is otherwise entirely acceptable.
Oh, "Cyrillic", thanks for correcting.