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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 1842 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 391 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 886 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 411 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 441 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 506 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 510 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 1117 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1417 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 516 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 509 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 1088 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 983 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 930 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 867 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 479 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 857 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 1098 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 1087 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 504 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 947 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 519 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 523 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 405 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 497 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 499 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 893 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 925 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 1026 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 1010 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 942 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 1112 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 1012 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 885 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 495 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 446 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 499 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 470 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 506 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 502 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 455 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 525 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 996 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 1170 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1193 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 823 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1211 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 388 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 1060 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1142 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 846 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 870 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 974 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 494 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 492 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 520 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 964 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 1073 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 891 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 1012 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 879 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 993 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 819 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 813 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 936 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 821 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 921 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 1045 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 997 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 953 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 878 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 824 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 882 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 991 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 808 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 1016 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 993 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 993 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 876 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 1055 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 936 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 878 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 505 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 959 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 984 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 878 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 505 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 884 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 1002 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 490 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 916 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 444 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 514 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 903 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 1001 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 1039 Views
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