On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Sven Barth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Alex, could you try porting LazReport to nogui? >> >> Aside: "Alex", "Alexey" and "Alexander" are very different names in >> Russian. >> Please do not confuse me by using the wrong name ;) > > Well, there are people that prefer a shorter version of their name... For > example I know a "Alexandra" which prefers to be called "Alex". :) >
I am 99% sure that this person is not Russian. This is actually an interesting property of the Russian language: some common names, such as "Alexander", have very many variations, which differ greatly in spelling and pronunciation, as well as in the semantic implications of intimacy/rudeness/fraternity etc. Nevertheless, they are all universally understood to be exact same name: Alexander = Sasha = Shyurik = Sanyok = San'ka = Sashen'ka = ... similarly, the other name, Alexey = Leha = Al'yosha = Leshka = ... Finally, the name "Alex" is a separate name which belongs to neither list, and is quite rare. You can see now where the confusion is coming from :) -- Alexander S. Klenin -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
