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- copula4 2y agoHis name is not Vlad, it's a familiar form of a completely unrelated name. If you want to demonstrate contempt by using a familiar form, use Vova. It sounds about the same as if I used something like "Joe" to refer to a William.
- margalabargala 2y ago[flagged]
- int_19h 2y agoIt doesn't actually achieve that, it just makes you look like an ignorant Westerner. Similar to all the "-ski" stuff that Americans, for some reason, seem to believe is indicative of Russian. If you want to troll Putin, call him Vovochka.
- margalabargala 2y agoPutin is not in fact the intended audience, so the diminutive should be tailored to the audience, not to Putin. Kind of like calling him "Putain", or "Poo-tin", which are also not his name.
- elzbardico 2y ago[flagged]
- lenerdenator 2y ago[flagged]
- lenerdenator 2y ago[flagged]
- lovegrenoble 2y ago[flagged]
- toynbee_cunt 2y ago[dead]
- TiredOfLife 2y agoThe Vlad part is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler
- tomhow 2y agoWe detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43874642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43874642 and marked it off topic.