Masha Marries!

[attyfan]

Maria Butyskaya has married. This link will take you to a link to the Russian article, plus a translation:

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=41638

Mazel Tov and much happiness to the new couple.

 

[Dee4707]

I hope the 2 will be very happy together.

Dee

 

[Kwanford Wife]

Good for her! I've always loved the Russian Diva and hopefully this one won't get her car blown up... (ok, that was wrong...)

 

[R.D.]

Ok, now just what is "Masha"? I keep hearing it. Some nickname for her or for the name "Maria"?

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

Most Slavic, Russian included, names have a shorter version of it. It is a diminutive form, not a nickname.

Masha is the diminutive of Maria. Sasha is the diminutive of Alexandra or Alexander.

Congrats and mazel tov, BTW

 

[R.D.]

Most Slavic, Russian included, names have a shorter version of it. It is a diminutive form, not a nickname.

Masha is the diminutive of Maria. Sasha is the diminutive of Alexandra or Alexander.

OK, thanks. So kind of like "Dick" and "Richard", I presume?

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

precisely!

only Masha sounds so much better than Dick. I personally prefer Rich.

 

[Piel]

But Masha is no shorter than Maria?????

 

[R.D.]

I was (secretly) thinking the same thing...

 

[CzarinaAnya]

But Masha is no shorter than Maria?????

It's just a pet name, lol. Masha isn't the only nick for Maria, either.

 

[CzarinaAnya]

Awww, she married a hickey player, just like Kristi.

 

[R.D.]

don't think Kristi married a "hickey player".

 

[antmanb]

But Masha is no shorter than Maria?????

Not in letters but it sounds shorter with only having two syllables to Maria's three???

ok i'm stretching!

It may just be a "cutesy" nickname...diminutives in Spanish often end up being longer too.

Ant

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

In Russian, Masha is 4 letters, whereas Maria or Mar'ya is 5. So it is shorter!

But yes, it is also meant to be an endearing vesion of your name. That's what your friends and family would call you, and if you are a child, everybody calls you that.

 

[CzarinaAnya]

don't think Kristi married a "hickey player".

LOL Whoops...I was typoing like the dickens last night. lol

 

[Dee4707]

Ok, now just what is "Masha"? I keep hearing it. Some nickname for her or for the name "Maria"?

Potatos

Sorry RD, just had to do it . Nickname for Maria.

Dee

 

[R.D.]

I dunno. And yeah, Potatoes..."Masha" just sounds really...umm...different to me, I guess. I prefer Maria myself.

And what do they call that Yagudin guy again? Seems like there's a nickname/diminuitive (sp) for every Russian name, it seems.

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

RD, I would estimate about 90-95% of Slavic names have a diminutive version, some have more than one.

In the case of Alexei, you have 2 possibilities for a "shorter" version: Lyosha (4 letters in Russian), Alyosha (5 letters). He can also be called Lyokha (4 letters), Lyoshka (5), Aleshka (6). The last 3 are more of a "familiar" names - friends would call you that. You can have "endearing" names - Aleshen'ka, Leshen'ka, etc. These are for little kids and something that moms and girfriends would use to address a guy with name Alexei.

I read somewhere that Yagudin prefers to be called "Yashka" - which is familiar version of a diminutive for Yakov/Jacob. That I don't get. Must be an inside story.

I should also add, that even if a name does not have a "shorter" version (like Ilya, Marina) - you can always "convert" the name into an endearing or a familiar version.

How about that?

 

[R.D.]

that's interesting. I've heard Russians address Yagudin as "Lyosha" (couldn't remember it though). I think I've also heard "Alyosha".

 

[Kwanford Wife]

And what do they call that Yagudin guy again? Seems like there's a nickname/diminuitive (sp) for every Russian name, it seems.

The nicknames/diminuitives for Yagudin are "hot to death" "yummy hunny" and depending on the costume... "damn! he's fine!"