Speculation: ''Disgrace of hockey'' Radulov thread |Will the prodigal son return to his papa Roy?
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UncleRisto
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Team Russia has a contagious groin injury? Nobody else from the Avs (beside Varly and Radulov 
) made the team right?
) made the team right?
Bubba Thudd
is getting banned
It differs, sometimes it's Right Wing, sometimes it's Disgrace of hockey, sometimes Sasha, lazy Russian, bust, floater, turncoat etc. It depends on the time of day.
UncleRisto
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He's so right wing he defected to New York and signed a secret contract with the Americans.
Jarey Curry
Avalanche of Makar
UncleRisto
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"-sha" is a diminutive suffix in Russian and the "Sa" comes from Aleksander. Comparable of calling an Alexander Sandy instead of Alex.
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All Russian names have diminutives Alexander = Sasha, Pavel = Pasha, Evgeny = Zhenya, Vyachaslav = Slava etc. etc.
girls' names as well. Maria = Masha, Ekaterina = Katya etc. etc.
Full names are formal and the diminutive forms are more informal....
Saša is a deminutive and a term of endearment for Aleksandar/Alexandar (male) and Aleksandra/Alexandra (female) in all of the Slavic languages, not just in Russian. It is also used as a given name in Croatia and Serbia for both genders (more often for boys).
UncleRisto
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cgf
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I got one of those even though I don't have a tradional russian name. My name's Benjamin, but growing up everyone called me Benya.
AvsGuy
Hired the wrong DJ again
I don't know a single Alexander who goes by Sandy. Then again I know Richard's who go by Dick so who knows.
tigervixxxen
Optimism=Delusional
cgf
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*shrug* My uncle is an Alexander who goes by Sasha
EDIT: whoops read "Sandy" as "Sasha"
Yep. My dad's is a Mikhail, and folks who don't use his nickname call him Misha. Same thing for Dmitri becoming Dima, Konstantin becoming Kostya, Sergei becoming Seryozja...how the hell do you spell that in english?..., etc.
UncleRisto
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cgf
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Yeah, that's one where the abbreviation is even longer than the original name, but I have no clue how I'd transliterate it and so just took a shot at the phonetic-spelling
cgf
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tigervixxxen
Optimism=Delusional
cgf
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Oh god no. You're not saying that...they finally discovered that Rads is just poorly-shaved bear, are you?
Caser
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In Russian usually there is one common diminutive form per name, while name 'Alexandr' has really a lot of diminutive forms: Sasha, Sanya, Shura and derivatives of those.
With Alexander (or Aleksander), the first syllable that lends itself to a -sha suffix is the Sa-, hence Sasha. Alsha and Exsha dont really work 
I have heard many diminutives for Alexander. Alex, Alec, Al, Allie, Lex, Lexie, Aleksan, Sandy, Xander, Sasha, Sander, Andy, Ander, Lexa....that's all I remember for now, but I am sure there are more, not including the ones above that I have not heard before, Shura and Sanya.
My name is Alexander, btw.
I have heard many diminutives for Alexander. Alex, Alec, Al, Allie, Lex, Lexie, Aleksan, Sandy, Xander, Sasha, Sander, Andy, Ander, Lexa....that's all I remember for now, but I am sure there are more, not including the ones above that I have not heard before, Shura and Sanya.My name is Alexander, btw.
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With Alexander (or Aleksander), the first syllable that lends itself to a -sha suffix is the Sa-, hence Sasha. Alsha and Exsha dont really work
My name is Alexander, btw.
Of the four letter variety I'm sure.
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