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in reply to a message by Living For Him
Why should they have to change their names to more "American" names, since Americans come from many different countries. Is being from Russian something to be ashamed of?
I think Sergei is much better than Reagan. Kirill is a great name and of form of Cyril; Dan seems so dull in comparison. Douglas is better but I think Zhenya is a form of Yevgeny (Eugene), so Eugene, nn Zhenya, would have been more apt.
But I can see that Slava wanted to change his name, since it reminds too much of "slave". But why the generic Joe, why not something like Ivan?
Well, I guess only name nerds like me prefer standing out to blend in the crowd.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
I think Sergei is much better than Reagan. Kirill is a great name and of form of Cyril; Dan seems so dull in comparison. Douglas is better but I think Zhenya is a form of Yevgeny (Eugene), so Eugene, nn Zhenya, would have been more apt.
But I can see that Slava wanted to change his name, since it reminds too much of "slave". But why the generic Joe, why not something like Ivan?
Well, I guess only name nerds like me prefer standing out to blend in the crowd.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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