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Go ahead and add Dmitry while you're at it. I'm so happy going back and forth from The Brothers Karamazov and this board. Ivan, Alexey, and Nadia is a better sibset than with Claudia I think, but I like Claudia better anyway. Claudia and Nadine is good.
I prefer Alexei because this character Alexei is so wonderful, but I don't think it will make it significantly easier for English speakers, or that it's significantly difficult in the first place.
Are you thinking Vanya and Alyosha for nicknames? :)
I prefer Alexei because this character Alexei is so wonderful, but I don't think it will make it significantly easier for English speakers, or that it's significantly difficult in the first place.
Are you thinking Vanya and Alyosha for nicknames? :)
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I haven't read the Brothers Karamazov, isn't that awful? Alexei is a fine spelling too, I'll think about it.
As for Dmitry, that is my grandfather's name and my brother's mn, although they use the spelling Dimitri in English.
Vanya and Alyosha are great. I love all the nns for Russian names, Vanechka, Vanka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshka. :)
As for Dmitry, that is my grandfather's name and my brother's mn, although they use the spelling Dimitri in English.
Vanya and Alyosha are great. I love all the nns for Russian names, Vanechka, Vanka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshka. :)