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    Russian given names and surnames

    Is there a practise in Russian of combining a person's given name with the surname to produce a nickname for that person? For example, would Maria Kirilenko be called Makiri or Maria Sharapova, Mashara? I've heard a few people refer to Maria Kirilenko as Makiri. Is that a Russian practise or just someone being playful with a name?


    (btw just fyi, Maria Kirilenko is also a Russian tennis player and the best friend of Maria Sharapova. She's cute too, just like her buddy. :P )

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    Re: Russian given names and surnames

    Quote Originally Posted by mashamania
    Is there a practise in Russian of combining a person's given name with the surname to produce a nickname for that person? For example, would Maria Kirilenko be called Makiri or Maria Sharapova, Mashara? I've heard a few people refer to Maria Kirilenko as Makiri. Is that a Russian practise or just someone being playful with a name?


    (btw just fyi, Maria Kirilenko is also a Russian tennis player and the best friend of Maria Sharapova. She's cute too, just like her buddy. :P )
    Never heard of such practice.

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    Я про это только читал в книге "Республика "ШКИД" Григория Белых и Алексея Пантелеева, по которой снят одноимённый фильм. Там, к примеру, у директора было прозвище ВикНикСор - Виктор Николаевич Сорокин.

    В школе у нас была учительница математики Тамара Фёдоровна Галайко, так вот её иногда, по аналогии, за глаза называли Тафёга.
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    I agree - most of such nicknames are given to school teachers and are sarcastic.
    Я так думаю.

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    Or some new invented Revolution time names like Владилен (ВЛАДимир Ильич ЛЕНин) and even heard of name Вилор (Владимир Ильич Ленин Октябрьская Революция).

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    Да здравствует Первое Мая! - лозунг, ставший источником имени Даздраперма.

    Фамилиям Троцкого, Ленина, Бухарина и Зиновьева стала в 1919 году обязана девочка Тролебузина.

    Бедные дети!

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    Я так думаю.

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    Тролебузина - это, кажется, такой огроменный, неповоротливый троллейбус!
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Да, наверное!
    Я так думаю.

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    Что!?!? Никто не сказал "Нинел?" Ну, интересно замечать, что самый быстрый рост имён для детей в США в этом году: "Nevaeh." Не знаешь эта имя? Это -- слово "Heaven" (Рай) наоборот!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Что!?!? Никто не упомянул/сказал про "Нинель?" Ну (if you meant well, then word что ж will suit pretty good here) , интересно заметить, что самый быстрый рост имён для детей в США в этом году(?): "Nevaeh." Не знаешь это имя? Это -- слово "Heaven" (Рай) наоборот!
    Я так думаю.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leof
    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Что!?!? Никто не упомянул/сказал про "Нинель?" Ну (if you meant well, than word что ж will suit pretty good here) , интересно заметить, что самый быстрый рост имён для детей в США в этом году(?): "Nevaeh." Не знаешь это имя? Это -- слово "Heaven" (Рай) наоборот!
    Thanks Leof. What I was trying to say was "Well, it's interesting to note that the fastest growing name for children last year in the USA was Nevaeh. You don't know this name? It's the word heaven spelled backwards!" Is my translation (except the errors you fixed) understandable?

    Oh, and also, FYI: "if you meant well, than word что ж will suit pretty good here" You should use THEN not THAN here. Then=то and Than=чем. I'm sure you know this, but here are examples just in case:
    -If you are going to the store, then buy some milk please (This is just like the если, то constrution in Russian -- the classic if-then statement in English)
    -I'd rather go to the store than stay home (a comparison, just like if you said мой стол болше, чем стол Людмилы. )
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    thanks Barmaley! I wrote it unconsciously.
    Я так думаю.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    "Well, it's interesting to note that the fastest growing name for children last year in the USA was Nevaeh. You don't know this name? It's the word heaven spelled backwards!"
    Are you serious? Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If they're going to use backwards words for names I like 'kcoc rekcus'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Layne
    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    "Well, it's interesting to note that the fastest growing name for children last year in the USA was Nevaeh. You don't know this name? It's the word heaven spelled backwards!"
    Are you serious? Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If they're going to use backwards words for names I like 'kcoc rekcus'.
    Yep. I couldn't make anything this crazy up!

    In 1999, there were only eight girls born in the United States named Nevaeh. Last year, it was the 70th most popular name for American baby girls - ahead of Michelle, Amanda and Vanessa.

    The spectacular rise of "Nevaeh" (commonly pronounced "na-VAY-uh") is nearly unheard of, name experts say. It broke into the top 1,000 girls names in 2001. Four years later it cracked the top 100 with 4,457 newborn Nevaehs - the fastest climb for any name since the Social Security Administration started keeping track of American names over a century ago, naming analysts say.


    Full text: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/17/news/heaven.php
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    What I was trying to say was "Well, it's interesting to note that the fastest growing name for children last year in the USA was Nevaeh. You don't know this name? It's the word heaven spelled backwards!"
    Interesting. I've heard that on some satanic rites there is a practice to read the bible from the end to the beginning. Some occult theories say that if the word is inversed that way it usually obtains quite the opposite meaning
    So, according to these speculations, the synonym of Nevaeh would be Hell.
    Brrrrrr.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Interesting. I've heard that on some satanic rites there is a practice to read the bible from the end to the beginning. Some occult theories say that if the word is inversed that way it usually obtains quite the opposite meaning
    So, according to these speculations, the synonym of Nevaeh would be Hell.
    Brrrrrr.
    Bizarre. What total assclowns. If you read this message backwards, you get a eikooc!
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    OH NO!!! Not an eikooc!!!!


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    What's eikook?
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    Ah, that's cookie Slow thinking this morning. I'ts raining ant the weather is miserable in Moscow now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Ah, that's cookie Slow thinking this morning. I'ts raining ant the weather is miserable in Moscow now.
    It's raining ants in Moscow!?!!?!?!?
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