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Тайка? Sounds very un-Russian to me... Maybe what they actually say is дай-ка meaning "give the expletive deleted ball here!" ?[/quote]
Нет. Почему же? Таисию всегда называют Тайкой... Нормальное...

As for my name I remember myself be called like: Витёк, Витька, Витос (apparently somehow connected with Портос, Атос and Co from Musketeer :lol: ) Recently a friend of mine called me Витас - as...

Pretty odd. The word тайка doesn't have anything to do with Igor. The words that occur to me hearing this Taika are: Тайга, Дай ка!

Игорь- I've got a friend named Igor. We used to call him: Игарон (most common), Гарыныч - (the funniest one)
Анна - Анька, Анюха, Анютка, Анюта, Анка (usually пулеметчица :D )
Петр - usually...