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Oh that's not that bad! Vivien Send a noteboard - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM
At least they're pronounced differently! How about the million different version on Krista, Christa, Christen, Kristen, Christine, Christina etc. Kristy! That one is insane.

The only one of those three that is a real name is ????? - the rest are just made-up versions of that one.

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).


About the dimunitive thing, I think it's even harder for me with Anna/Anya since these seem like distinct names and have the same number of letters.

I actually prefer the pronounciation of Anna with an "ah" sound rather than "a". Somehow I always introduce myself with Anna and the "a" sound because I assume it's the accepted way to say my name in english. I've had people ask me what I actually want to be called and I'm just, I don't care it's all the same name. I do like how spanish speakers say my name, they use the "ah" sound no matter how I introduce myself.
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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 1737 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 346 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 779 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 365 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 399 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 460 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 452 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 1028 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1355 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 458 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 467 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 995 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 893 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 848 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 774 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 438 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 771 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 1015 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 999 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 458 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 853 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 472 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 467 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 346 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 455 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 454 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 788 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 833 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 925 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 927 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 860 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 1025 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 921 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 802 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 450 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 403 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 442 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 427 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 464 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 455 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 413 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 476 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 894 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 1074 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1107 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 735 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1114 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 339 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 968 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1055 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 761 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 788 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 866 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 432 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 452 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 462 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 860 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 968 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 804 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 908 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 778 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 906 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 725 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 728 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 850 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 731 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 817 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 944 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 894 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 866 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 781 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 735 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 792 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 901 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 709 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 919 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 914 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 910 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 785 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 957 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 832 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 790 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 462 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 866 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 880 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 771 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 460 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 794 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 924 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 445 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 839 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 391 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 469 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 807 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 906 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 944 Views
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