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Westernization vs Russification and Pan-Slavism
dracona:
Hi,
I wrote a story about a Russian family some time ago, and I'm going through and making it more realistic and doing some general editing.
One of the characters names it Tatiana, for short they called her Tati, because I didn't know that Tanya would be the nickname, do you think I should change it or is it acceptable?
Also there is another Russian family by the name of Gheringer, I found this in a book on the IF so I figured it's Russian, is it? and if it is how would you write the feminine version, (Hendrikov=Hendrikova).
Thanks
Mike:
Short names for Tatiana should be Tanya, Tanyusha or (rarely) Tata. Tati doesn't sound Russian.
Gheringer is a German-origin name, so it has no feminine form, e.g.: Pavel Ivanov --> Natalya Ivanova, but Sergey Gheringer --> Olga Gheringer.
Macedonsky:
--- Quote ---One of the characters names it Tatiana, for short they called her Tati, because I didn't know that Tanya would be the nickname, do you think I should change it or is it acceptable?
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The only possible nickname for Tatiana is Tanya. Tati should be replaced. By the way Tata is nickname for Natalia.
--- Quote ---Also there is another Russian family by the name of Gheringer, I found this in a book on the IF so I figured it's Russian, is it?
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Gheringer sounds German. If you need Russian surname without any meaning use derived by Christina name: Ivanov/Ivanova, Petrov/Petrova, Nikolaev/Nikolaeva, Stepanov/Stepanova etc. Also popular are surnames from birds: Orlov/Orlova, Sokolov/Sokolova, or from animals: Medvedev/Medvedeva, Volkov/Volkova, Draconov/Draconova :-).
Macedonsky:
--- Quote ---Short names for Tatiana should be Tanya, Tanyusha or (rarely) Tata.
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Then it should be explained the difference in usage of Tanya (as can call every young Tatiana) and Tanyusha, Tanechka, Tan'ka etc used only by closes.
olga:
--- Quote ---One of the characters names it Tatiana, for short they called her Tati, because I didn't know that Tanya would be the nickname, do you think I should change it or is it acceptable?
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No! Not Tati. It's like calling an Anastasia 'Ana.' Shudder.........
--- Quote ---Also there is another Russian family by the name of Gheringer, I found this in a book on the IF so I figured it's Russian, is it? and if it is how would you write the feminine version, (Hendrikov=Hendrikova).
Thanks
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Is this family German in origin?
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