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RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup


> From: Igor Peshansky
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, George wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 01:11:07PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote:
> > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > > Tasha
> > >
> > > Well, actually, what he wrote is unimportant.  What is 
> interesting 
> > > (and really unsettling to anyone who grew up in Russia) is that 
> > > Natalia (or
> > > Natasha) is a purely female name (c.f. "War and Peace"), and this 
> > > person is clearly male.
> > >
> > > No point here, just venting...  :-)
> >
> > Maybe it's Natasha just on the weekends?
> >
> > What may be just as interesting to those that *may* read something 
> > along the lines of War and Peace and similarly didn't grow up in 
> > Russia, is that the name Sasha is a not the name given to a female, 
> > pure or otherwise.  It's the dimunitive of Alexander.  Which, in 
> > English, is ... Alexander.
> 
> Well, actually, Sasha is both a male and a female name (kind 
> of like Alex in England).  The female version is Alexandra, 
> and it is rather common in Russia.
> 

That makes totally NO sense:

1.  Alexander
2.  Alexandra
3.  Sasha

Note that while #1 and #2 share 7 letters in the exact same position AND one
letter that is merely transposed, #3 shares ZERO letters in the same
position and only ONE letter in common at all!  I think it's high time for
Mr. Putin to rationalize this rather bizarre state of affairs.

> Natalia is a name that doesn't have a male equivalent.
> 

Nathaniel, no?

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle


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