Re: Russian names (was: Re: A perfect day...)

Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:57:17 +1300 andrew <hobbit@...> wrote:

> Don't we get to call you Vasiliy Yevgenyevich if we want to be on first
> name terms, a slightly different naming system to English where
> patronymics are not commonly used.
In *academic circles* ;) , I'd expect to be called simply Vasiliy
(+ addressing in 2pl) - this is neither too formal nor unceremonious.
First name + patronymic stresses the social distance, or difference in
age.

> I once worked out that my 'Russian'
> name would be Andrei Ivanovich Kuznetzov (spelling subject to
> correction).
Yes, sounds exactly like a name of native Russian.

Ya rad znakomstvu, Andrei Ivanovich!

Basilius