Thread: Sergei...in English?

I have a friend named Sergei (he's Russian) and a lot of his American friends call him Serge (Serj). Is this common?

Yeah, even French people do that(Serge). I don't know any Sergeis, but Americans will tend to find a comfortable way of pronouncing foreign names.

Originally Posted by emka71aln

I have a friend named Sergei (he's Russian) and a lot of his American friends call him Serge (Serj). Is this common?

Would he prefer they called him Sergei? Think about it. (Hint: Sir Gay)

Yeah, even French people do that(Serge). I don't know any Sergeis, but Americans will tend to find a comfortable way of pronouncing foreign names.

Just like the girl who moved to our town from Vietnam. Her name is Tsui-Suong (I think that's how it's spelled, but I'm most certainly wrong), and everyone calls her Helen.

Of course, I call her by her real name...

Originally Posted by VendingMachine

Originally Posted by emka71aln

I have a friend named Sergei (he's Russian) and a lot of his American friends call him Serge (Serj). Is this common?

Would he prefer they called him Sergei? Think about it. (Hint: Sir Gay)

Thats why my friend Sergei goes by Hunter.

The Spanish names are very funny for russians too. Conchita - Кончита, Julia - Хулия, Julio - Хулио, Gomes - Гомес, Pedro - Педро... Guess why?

Sergey can also be called Seryozha. There's also "Seryoga" (informal) and some Sergeys are called Seryi (literally means "grey", very informal) by close friends.

Hmmm. I guess my best bet would be that it's just easier for Americans to say Serge.

When I saw Sergei, the first thing I thought of was "sir-gey". Maybe I'm just an odd american.

I've herd the name Sergei a number of times before. Think it was in movies I've watched. I sure didn't know anybody named that.

my name is sergei, as is my dad's, but he spells it sergiy
people pronounce both "sir-gay" I curently live in California, I used to live in Canada - english not french, and people there pronounced it serge
I'm fine with both, it doesnt offend me, unless they say "sir-gee" or "sir-ji" - and it happens pretty often more then not. I also hearn "sir-jay" - I think thats not bad either.
there's Sergei Fedorov famous hockey player and his name is pronounced "sir-gay"

"Мальчик знаками показал что его зовут Хуан". (с) Фоменко

У меня есть узбекские друзья с именами Джамшит, Хуршит и some other shit.

Не знаю, что американцы по этому поводу думают.

Originally Posted by sergei the great

my name is sergei, as is my dad's, but he spells it sergiy
people pronounce both "sir-gay" I curently live in California, I used to live in Canada - english not french, and people there pronounced it serge
I'm fine with both, it doesnt offend me, unless they say "sir-gee" or "sir-ji" - and it happens pretty often more then not. I also hearn "sir-jay" - I think thats not bad either.
there's Sergei Fedorov famous hockey player and his name is pronounced "sir-gay"

Do you actually call yourself Sir Gay? Any snide remarks? Sorry.

Does anybody still name their kids "Gaylord'? How 'bout "The gay lord, Sirgay."

There are some people with the last name Gaylord in Nashville TN.

The mayor of our city is named Kathleen Gaylord.

I have a friend named Sergei (he's Russian) and a lot of his American friends call him Serge (Serj). Is this common?

Is Serj also an Armenian name? I have a friend whose family is from Armenia, and everyone calls him Serj, including me. Is this short for Sergei too?

Does anybody still name their kids "Gaylord'? How 'bout "The gay lord, Sirgay."

The mayor of our city is named Kathleen Gaylord.

I have a friend named Sergei (he's Russian) and a lot of his American friends call him Serge (Serj). Is this common?

Is Serj also an Armenian name? I have a friend whose family is from Armenia, and everyone calls him Serj, including me. Is this short for Sergei too?

There is a "Harry Bahls" and a "Richard Bahls" in my hometown. (now, think of the nickname for "Richard" and 20 miles away, when I went to high school, there was a girl named "Tera Buttoff"

All true. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

-Fantom

As long as we're getting on tangents i went to elementary school with a guy named Lou Willie and another guy named Ricky Seaman.

Originally Posted by fantom605

There is a "Harry Bahls" and a "Richard Bahls" in my hometown. (now, think of the nickname for "Richard" and 20 miles away, when I went to high school, there was a girl named "Tera Buttoff"

All true. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

-Fantom

maybe she was Russian (by ancestors), with last name something like: Бутов?