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"Crow-shechka" is fun. I love making language mutants. Lapushka is good also, but I think my US readers will be able to handle only one diminutive.

Here is her response when he "names" her (she...

I wonder why this would be? Intimate is bad? Or the names are bad? Just curious.

сорока sounded good...too bad it means babbler. My character is not a babbler, quite the opposite. I love all the birds in the corvid family...crow, raven, magpie, jackdaw. All good from my point of...

Thanks, alexsms, for the thought on the jackdaw. It's in the crow/raven family and is known for its interesting eyes. Perfect for my female character, as she is a filmmaker, to whom eyes are...

Thanks much for the fast input. I agree, my character can't call his girlfriend 'little funnel.' Funny, and probably not in a good way :)

In theory, 'little sparrow' is better, it's just a bird...

If a man wants to called his girlfriend the pet name "little raven" would he say voronochka?

I don't know Cyrillic, so kindly use English phonetics. Thanks for any input!