@sasha_finch: He asked me why I lied about my name😂 #slavicgirl #internationalcouple #internationalmarriage

𒉭 :

Kinda like William = Bill for American

user2742939931513 :

Peggy is short for Margaret, so we English speakers really have no place to judge!

GhOSt ☆彡COMMISSIONS OPEN ☆彡 :

MASHA IS SHORT FOR MARIA??? U MEAN MASHA AND THE BEAR COULD POSSIBLY BE MARIA AND THE BEAR???

vanilla :

zhenya mentioned but I don't see my people🧐

ilovemycat🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ :

it’s like billy and william in america lol

milki ۶ৎ ✪ :

im mexican and we go through the same thing too lol. Like for someone named Francisco we will call them Pancho and if someone is named Jesus we will call them Chuy 🤣

Josh Moronstein :

Don't get me started on the abbreviated form of the name Richard. 😂

nycsubwayrat :

My moms name is Alexandra but our family calls her lesya which I don’t understand

abbie :

let me tell you reading russian literature for the first time not knowing this was so so confusing. has no clue who half of the characters were 😭

Александра :

My partner's name is Nikolai. I always call them Kolya. It confuses our American friends 😅

Dustin :

I'm more confused that half of those nicknames aren't any shorter than the original

Alexandra :

in Polish Aleksandra = Ola and it doesn't make much more sense than Sasha 😭

Jacklyn :

In the US “Jack” is a nickname for “John”. ITS THE SAME LENGTH

Emery :

"zhenya for yevgeny" so that's why it's in my fyp

Selina_³_⁵_⁸ :

hsd586 :

Girl zhenya for yevgeny? Now I get it 😭😭 Thanks for saying that

˖.𖥔 ݁𝓡𝓮𝓪 ˖ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ :

Zhenya mentioned😭😭

🦦Taetum🦦 :

What’s a short version of tatum

controlpoint :

А то что вы Санёк, Санчес, Алехандро вы просто умолчали?😁

⃟ :

oh no wonder yevgeny make those nickname to taekjoo when they first met!!

_miss_de :

My daughter’s name is Alexandra and she is called Alex, Zandra, Sandra, Sandy, Sass, and Lex Luther when he isn’t answering. I’m adding Sasha to the mix!

ana 👒 :

Honestly I still dont get how is Sasha nickname for Alexandra 😭 The others sounds similar at least

aroundsundown :

i’ve known for many years Sasha is short for Alexander (male). never knew it’s also for female Alexandra!

Joel_oel_oh_el :

Nastya for Anastasia?

Pawzie ｡‧˚ʚ♡ɞ˚‧｡ :

As soon as I heard the name Zhenya I sighed and opened the comments slowly