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Subject: Re: Greek/Russian/Bulgarian/Ukrainian/Serbian/Macedonian natives...
Author: ISS   (guest, 213.179.252.153)
Date: June 23, 2005 at 6:09:44 AM
Reply to: Greek/Russian/Bulgarian/Ukrainian/Serbian/Macedonian natives... by Mike C
There's an obvious misspelling: there's no Russian name Alyusha (nn for Alexei), it should be Alyosha (or simply Lyosha).
Also, names like Irinoushka or Annoushka are not just nicknames, they are very gentle forms, rarely used in everyday life. The nn for Irina is Ira, nn for Anna is Anya.

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