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Re: How the hell do you get Sasha from Alexander?
I've heard it's from Aleksandr - Aleksasha - Sasha. (The latter two are pet forms or hypocorisms).
Every language has its own suffixes for pet names. In russian it's -sha-: Maria - Masha, Pavel - Pasha, Daria - Dasha.
https://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/diminutive
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Uh-Huh..Interesting. Thanks.I don’t know why I got downvoted for that question. Either it because of the context or asking how you get Sasha from Alexander is a dumb question.
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Probably because of the "how in the hell" which I will admit took me aback to read. Different language snd cultures have different naming traditions and that's not a "how in the hell" situation.It's a valid question, but look at the questions about Dick and Hank around this one for how to phrase the same question more respectfully.
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Figured.
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You are welcome:) That theme is fascinating!
There are even more "mysterious" cases like: Zhenya from Evgeniy, Vova from Vladimir...
But still, even that could be explained.
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