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But... Vivien Send a noteboard - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM
Since Anya seems like a unique name, why don't I then change my name to Anya? If I'm going to introduce myself as Anya all my documents should say Anya. Then there's no reason for Anna.



It's very common for Russians to say that. I don't remember the last time a Russian in a non-business setting introduced himself or herself by a full name. It's always Sasha, Dima, Misha, Valya, Andrei (that one gets shortened very rarely), Kolya, Kostya, Anya, Natasha, Sveta, Lena, Nastia, Dasha, Masha, Katya, Ira or Tanya. Sometimes I even hear the more unusual variations for names, like Lana instead of Sveta or Shurik instead of Sasha. My friend Vladislav usually goes by Vlad but actually at one point had business cards with "Vladik" on them.

Tomik would sound strange since it's a Russification of an English nickname, but I always say "Hi, I'm Tom" rather than "Thomas", even in business settings. I think Anya is perfectly acceptable. I can see how "Nastia" might not be as popular in an English-language setting, but Anya? Why not?
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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1666 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 317 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 716 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 336 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 368 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 429 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 420 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 958 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1323 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 427 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 435 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 924 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 822 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 772 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 698 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 409 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 693 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 946 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 928 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 428 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 790 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 441 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 441 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 318 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 419 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 421 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 714 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 760 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 854 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 856 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 782 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 954 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 848 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 727 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 421 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 373 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 412 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 398 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 435 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 421 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 383 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 443 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 807 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 993 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1012 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 635 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1030 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 306 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 832 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 968 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 690 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 716 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 791 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 403 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 423 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 434 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 784 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 897 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 727 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 839 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 710 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 839 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 654 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 660 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 774 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 659 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 746 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 871 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 822 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 787 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 704 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 660 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 720 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 821 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 637 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 845 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 839 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 835 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 711 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 888 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 767 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 718 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 428 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 798 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 810 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 697 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 430 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 719 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 856 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 413 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 766 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 351 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 439 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 736 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 837 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 869 Views
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