Comments on: Some tidbits about Russian names http://languagegeek.net/2007/07/04/some-tidbits-about-russian-names/ Just blogging about my language geekery. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Josh http://languagegeek.net/2007/07/04/some-tidbits-about-russian-names/#comment-180 Josh Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:31:28 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/07/04/some-tidbits-about-russian-names/#comment-180 Hey Anders, Thanks for the information! Oktyabrina isn't that bad at all (and certainly nothing like Traktor or Sputnik :) ). We have quite a few people in the states named after months. Re: the parents naming their child <em>Google</em>... I think that may win over Crystal Ball and Cannon Ball. Hey Anders,

Thanks for the information! Oktyabrina isn’t that bad at all (and certainly nothing like Traktor or Sputnik :) ). We have quite a few people in the states named after months.

Re: the parents naming their child Google… I think that may win over Crystal Ball and Cannon Ball.

]]> By: Anders http://languagegeek.net/2007/07/04/some-tidbits-about-russian-names/#comment-178 Anders Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:18:34 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/07/04/some-tidbits-about-russian-names/#comment-178 Hi, Josh! Names such as Sputnik and Traktor are really proverbial cases in Russian. You won't meet much people with such names. When I studied in Belarus, there was a female teacher whose name was Oktyabrina (the Great Revolution in Russia took place in October 1917) Look here: http://www.spidanet.de/fun/kindernamen.html http://www.gamestar.de/news/vermischtes/kurioses/1465971/kurioses.html Hi, Josh!

Names such as Sputnik and Traktor are really proverbial cases in Russian. You won’t meet much people with such names. When I studied in Belarus, there was a female teacher whose name was Oktyabrina (the Great Revolution in Russia took place in October 1917)

Look here:
http://www.spidanet.de/fun/kindernamen.html
http://www.gamestar.de/news/vermischtes/kurioses/1465971/kurioses.html

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