Message: "How the hell do you get Sasha from Alexander?"

[Facts] How the hell do you get Sasha from Alexander?

by MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)

3/4/2021, 1:46 PM

I genuinely wanna know.

"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all day."

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- Mary R. +4

3/5/2021, 12:01 AM

I've heard it's from Aleksandr - Aleksasha - Sasha. (The latter two are pet forms or hypocorisms).
Every language has its own suffixes for pet names. In russian it's -sha-: Maria - Masha, Pavel - Pasha, Daria - Dasha.
https://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/diminutive

- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23) +3

3/5/2021, 10:06 AM

Uh-Huh..

Interesting. Thanks.

I don’t know why I got downvoted for that question. Either it because of the context or asking how you get Sasha from Alexander is a dumb question.

- LH (guest) +1

3/5/2021, 12:40 PM

Probably because of the "how in the hell" which I will admit took me aback to read. Different language snd cultures have different naming traditions and that's not a "how in the hell" situation.

It's a valid question, but look at the questions about Dick and Hank around this one for how to phrase the same question more respectfully.

- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)

3/5/2021, 2:34 PM

Figured.

- Mary R.

3/5/2021, 10:54 AM

You are welcome:) That theme is fascinating!
There are even more "mysterious" cases like: Zhenya from Evgeniy, Vova from Vladimir...
But still, even that could be explained.

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