Quote Originally Posted by xXHoax View Post
My name is Noah Russians call me Нова, not ноуа, and especially not Ноах because neither the English spelling nor the English pronunciation should be followed, just what Russians hear and subsequently repeat.
I had pal from some of post-soviet middel-Asia republics, whose name originally was 'ноорУз' ('first day of spring' in his native language). However 'нооруз' doesn't fit well in russian in the same way as your name. So, finally, he called himself 'новорУз'.