Rubbish. Elena is a Russian name, therefore Russians abroad should be called by it. It's a common enough name around here, even for non-Russians.[/quote]
That is irrelevant.
The name came...
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Rubbish. Elena is a Russian name, therefore Russians abroad should be called by it. It's a common enough name around here, even for non-Russians.[/quote]
That is irrelevant.
The name came...
I'll trust you on that one. :wink:[/quote]
The proper English form is Helen, or Hellena, Hellen, Helena, Ellen. The names Lena, and Elena, etc have entered English from other languages later on....
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