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Just a nitpick: "Alexandra" is the female version of the name "Alexander" in Russian, so it's a "she", not "he".
by usrnm 6y ago
Just a nitpick: "Alexandra" is the female version of the name "Alexander" in Russian, so it's a "she", not "he".
- andi999 6y agoAnd 'Sasha' the nickname of 'Alexander'.... man who can think this up, this is like you were calling 'Richard' 'Dick'.
- tucnak 6y agoSasha is universally applied to both males and females, although to be fair, in Russian, it's culturally much acceptable to call Alexander Sasha in any context whatsoever, whereas Sasha as–in female Alexandra is reserved for informal communication. Disclaimer: I speak Russian.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoSasha is an informal version for both genders, I don’t think there is any difference. Source: I am Russian
- eps 6y agoSasha is derived from Alexander via its dimunitive, but obsolete form - Aleksashka - shortned to Sashka, further simplified to Sasha as per established name format of Masha (Maria), Dasha (Daria), Pasha (Pavel, Paul), Glasha (Glafira), Natasha (Natalia), etc.
- enedil 6y agoIn Polish, Aleksandra (also female version) is shortened up to Ola, good luck with that ;)
- johnisgood 6y agoJeez, thanks. I know someone who goes by Ola and is Polish, so I suppose her name is actually Aleksandra?
- enedil 6y agoMost probably yes. And if it's Aleksander (male name), he'd be called Olek.
- johnisgood 6y agoI asked, and her name is indeed Aleksandra. :)