My father claims he named me after a russian person whose name he saw on the news at the time. I was never sure which Alexander (or Aleksandr?) he was talking about, he does not remember it now.
2013/1/19 Alexander Klenin <kle...@gmail.com> > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >>> Alex, could you try porting LazReport to nogui? > >> > >> Aside: "Alex", "Alexey" and "Alexander" are very different names in > >> Russian. > >> Please do not confuse me by using the wrong name ;) > > > > Well, there are people that prefer a shorter version of their name... For > > example I know a "Alexandra" which prefers to be called "Alex". :) > > > > I am 99% sure that this person is not Russian. > This is actually an interesting property of the Russian language: > some common names, such as "Alexander", have very many variations, > which differ greatly in spelling and pronunciation, as well as in the > semantic implications of intimacy/rudeness/fraternity etc. > Nevertheless, they are all universally understood to be exact same > name: Alexander = Sasha = Shyurik = Sanyok = San'ka = Sashen'ka = ... > similarly, the other name, Alexey = Leha = Al'yosha = Leshka = ... > Finally, the name "Alex" is a separate name which belongs to neither list, > and is quite rare. > You can see now where the confusion is coming from :) > > -- > Alexander S. Klenin > > -- Atenciosamente, Alexsander da Rosa
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