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Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM
I also hate it when people think that "Sasha", "Natasha" or "Tanya" are proper full names. It would be as stupid as giving someone "Bill", "Jack" or "Susie" as a full name over here (not that ignorant people don't do that, either).

As do Russians of course, as you point out, but I think in most other Western languages/countries it's become rather rare. Except maybe all the Spanish female names that are somehow an abbreviation of something involving Maria.

In here, in any case, it's barely ever done anymore - probably never was done to as large an extent in the first place. Unless you count Francophone civil servants automatically French-ifying the names of Flemish babies when they were registered back in the day. :P
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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1778 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 358 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 822 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 373 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 409 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 472 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 476 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 1058 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1380 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 482 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 477 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 1024 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 916 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 876 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 798 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 447 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 800 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 1037 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 1028 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 470 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 877 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 487 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 491 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 372 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 466 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 465 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 820 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 857 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 951 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 950 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 887 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 1049 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 954 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 824 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 460 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 416 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 468 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 439 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 475 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 470 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 424 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 491 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 930 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 1110 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1132 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 764 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1146 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 352 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 999 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1080 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 785 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 814 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 913 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 461 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 463 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 486 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 905 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 1011 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 831 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 952 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 821 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 934 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 758 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 753 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 880 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 758 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 858 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 987 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 931 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 890 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 812 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 762 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 823 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 927 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 746 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 944 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 940 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 936 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 811 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 990 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 863 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 812 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 475 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 889 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 925 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 816 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 472 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 823 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 946 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 458 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 863 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 408 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 482 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 839 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 931 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 975 Views
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