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in reply to a message by Sofia
Do you think it's usable for a non-Slavic speaker, or should I leave it on the hypothetical favourites list?
Thanks for the combos - I was pondering both Elizabeth and Mary as a middle for it :)
Like the dead sea.
You told me I was like the dead sea.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
Thanks for the combos - I was pondering both Elizabeth and Mary as a middle for it :)
You told me I was like the dead sea.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
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It looks like a negligence and a disrespect of another culture (my culture). Petrova is NOT a first name. It's absolutely unusable.
This message was edited 8/9/2014, 4:55 PM
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Sorry I angered you; I didn't intend to be disrespectful. Until recently I only knew it as a literary surname, but then I started to become more and more fond of it and decided to look into it; I knew how patronymic names worked, I just wasn't aware it was one as there is very little information on it, and the only context I had seen it in was Ballet Shoes, as the name of a Russian orphan. I'm very happy to respect your culture and your wishes, and again I apologise. I will still keep it on my list, but only as a guilty pleasure.
This message was edited 8/9/2014, 5:06 PM
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Sorry if I was rude. It is so sad that the author of a famous book confused the readers with the "Russian name Petrova".
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It's hard for me to distance myself from the word (like when I ask posters here about Borna or Buga as names), but I guess it could work, the spelling and pronunciation shouldn't be an issue, it's clearly feminine and I guess most people would accept it as another surname turned first name. I think my biggest problem with it is that it's not a noun or an adjective, it's a possessive form of a male name and I just can't see grammatical features working well as names (also the fact that we don't use last names as first names makes it weird for me).
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In that case, I'll keep it on my guilty pleasure list :)
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