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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 1730 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 344 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 773 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 360 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 394 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 454 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 448 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 1021 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1351 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 453 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 462 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 987 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 888 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 841 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 769 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 434 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 762 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 1010 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 993 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 453 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 848 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 469 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 464 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 343 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 452 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 451 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 781 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 827 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 918 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 921 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 854 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 1019 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 914 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 797 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 446 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 400 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 438 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 423 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 460 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 451 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 409 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 473 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 889 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 1068 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1099 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 729 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1107 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 334 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 963 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1047 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 754 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 782 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 861 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 430 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 448 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 459 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 853 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 964 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 799 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 901 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 772 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 897 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 718 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 721 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 843 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 725 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 812 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 938 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 887 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 858 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 774 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 728 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 786 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 893 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 703 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 913 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 905 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 902 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 779 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 953 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 828 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 783 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 458 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 860 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 871 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 765 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 457 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 786 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 919 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 440 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 828 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 386 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 464 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 801 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 899 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 937 Views
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