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 #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:35 pm Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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Hi Elena Uzunova!You and I share the same name  Besides posting the essays you have a good opportunity to learn more about English. Looking forward to hearing from you again! |
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 13:14 pm Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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There's a little difference between Helen and Elena, but thanks for the warm welcoming! I also hope to see a lot of you around in the future. All the best!
P.S. I see that we come from the same time zone! Which country do you come from? |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 14:53 pm Welcome! |
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Hello Elena,
Glad to see you’ve jumped aboard! Did you jump in with two feet or did you give it careful consideration first  ?
Anyway, let’s hope you find it a good place to share your experiences, thoughts, questions, ideas, etc.
PS: Would Elenushka be a diminutive of Elena? In English you’d be a Nell or Nellie and in Spanish an ‘Elenita’. |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 21:31 pm Welcome! |
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Thanks for the warm welcoming, people! I'm glad to have found such great friends like you!
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| PS: Would Elenushka be a diminutive of Elena? In English you’d be a Nell or Nellie and in Spanish an ‘Elenita’. |
Thanks for the valuable information, Conchita! Elenushka is a Russian way to say Elena and to express the warm that you feel towards someone. Just like in Spanish (Pedro- Pedrito). It is used to adress young children, people who are younger than you or just close friends.
P.S. Nellie is used in Bulgaria as a different from Elena name. I have lots of friends whose name is Nellie. |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 21:51 pm Welcome! |
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Hi Elena and welcome!
| ElenaUzunova wrote: |
| Elenushka is a Russian way to say Elena and to express the warm that you feel towards someone. Just like in Spanish (Pedro- Pedrito). It is used to adress young children, people who are younger than you or just close friends. |
Usual and 'official' Russian pet name(s) for Elena are Lena and Lenochka. They could be used even among colleagues.
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 22:02 pm Nicknames vs. pet names |
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Hello Elena and Tamara, welcome. Tamara, do you mean pet names or nicknames?
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 22:18 pm Nicknames vs. pet names |
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Hello Slava
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| Tamara, do you mean pet names or nicknames? |
Or?
What I meant was (first) a diminutive and/or (second) 'a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name'.
If you ask Wikipedia for 'pet name', it just redirects you to 'nickname'.
But I prefer to use 'nickname' only in the sense 'кличка' or 'прозвище'. Or for those strings of characters we choose and use on the Internet to present ourselves 
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:53 am Pet names vs. nicknames |
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Hello Tamara, thank you very much for explaining this. What I was confused about was the word pet name because when I googled it there were a lot of websites about pets and their names instead of people. But now that you have explained it, I understand that a pet name can also be used for people.
Thank you again -- Slava |
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Jul 22, 2006 19:12 pm Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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| Then how do you believe is called when you need to show your attachment and warmth towards someone called Elena? In Bulgaria, we usually use Eli. |
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| #12 (permalink) Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:41 am Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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Hello Slava
Yes, ‘pet’ is used not only for animals, but can be said about a person or even a (favourite) thing.
Also, I know two funny expressions with ‘pet’:
to be a party pet = to be in the focus of attention
my pet peeve = любимая мозоль
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| how do you believe is called when you need to show your attachment and warmth towards someone called Elena? |
It depends on the creativity
What I heard are: Alёna (pronounced as Al’ona with soft l) – but Alena in Russian can also can be another full name!,
Neli or Nelly,
and lots of informal derivatives produced by applying Russian hypocoristic/endearment suffixes - like Lenusik, Lenok, Lenchik, etc (I suppose, most Russian Elenas hate them ).
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| #13 (permalink) Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:47 pm Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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| Thanks, Tamara! In Bulgaria, we have a nickname that is used for Elena that is Lenche. This is extremely unpleasant so I see clearly what you mean :) |
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| #15 (permalink) Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:25 pm Hi people I'm from Bulgaria, too! |
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| I think that I wouldn't like anything that begins with L :) Elena, Elenushka, Ellie, El- these all work. Among those that begin with E, I don't like only [Eliena]- that's the way Russians pronounce it. It's definitely awful! Any way different from the English(and Bulgarian, too, they are the same) to pronounce my name sounds like an unsuccessful attempt for a squirrel to escape from a trap. The metaphore is incorrect, I believe, but that's what it feels like. |
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