Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

bc_@mail.ru writes:
>There is no distinction between 'first' and 'middle' names in Russian.
>So you can safely name yourself Matvey Stepanovich (or Metyu Stivenovich,
>as we in Russia mostly transcribe foreign names based on their sound
>rather than etymology, with rare exceptions like the names of monarchs).
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>Basilius

Uh oh, now you've done it. You've got me wondering what my "Russian" name
would be :). My name of course is Barry Garcia (/bEri garsi@/. Dad's name
is Bernard :) (of course if you dont want to do it' it's fine with me :) )


Anyway, interesting  system there. Tagalog is not very inventive with
foreign names, they just take your name, and keep it as it is (which is
why you see names like Flores, which are spoken as /plores/). My
grandmother calls me /bari/. Of course how it's pronounced by Filipinos is
a different story (Vasiliy would probably be said like /basili/ by a
Filipino).

The Filipino naming system is first - middle - last. Your middle name is
your mothers maiden name (though, i'm not sure if it's only for the first
child). This makes for easy tracking of who you are related to. My dad's
name is Bernard Delfin Garcia. My Grandmother's maiden name was Delfin. My
Grandfathers name was Bernard Santa Maria Garcia.




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