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my name is alexandra/sasha

posted 16 years ago by hearts2ashes
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was the asian girl supposed to be russian? i think it would have made more sense if they made her a russian girl

[–] xszyhu 16 years ago

Russian doesn't mean european. There are many asian russians. Just look at a map. And if you don't believe me, visit Vladivostok.

Besides "Alexandra" isn't a russian name, "Sasha" is a contraction. Her parents called her "Alex" but she fancied the other contraction more. Or maybe one of her parents was Russian? Or maybe they just liked the sound of the name?

[–] shesamazingnyc 16 years ago

And, traditionally, "Sasha" is the diminutive of "Alexander", not "Alexandra". Sasha is really a male name. Although it's prettier for a girl.

[–] FuxieDK 10 years ago

No it's not.. Names ending with an A (with VERY FEW exceptions) are always female versions of a similar male name.
E.g.:
Lucas/Lukas vs Luca/Luka
Alexandre/Alexander vs Alexandra
Nicholas vs Nichola

Etc etc etc

[–] 10 years ago

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[–] mmw_rocket 16 years ago

Plenty of non-Russian people have Russian names. I know Polish Jews with Irish and Spanish names and plenty of Asians with western names. It's not like everyone in the West have names for their ethnicity.

[–] Demarates 15 years ago

Forget her ethnicity, the worlds' best, no most legendary hacker is a blind girl ???

I am not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing.

[–] bite_me_loser_86 13 years ago

Forget her ethnicity, the worlds' best, no most legendary hacker is a blind girl ???

A lot of blind people use computers fr various things, programming being one of those things. So yes, it's perfectly possible for a blind person to be a successful hacker.

[–] lokis_angels 10 years ago

Yeah, and there's nothing wrong with Stephen Hawking either.

[–] mrliteral 15 years ago

If a character's name is your biggest problem with this movie...I don't know how else to finish this sentence.

http://moviesonthemind.blogspot.com/

[–] Uhh 13 years ago

Sasha was most likely a fake name....

[–] DurakSuka 7 years ago

You're a first class idiot.

Hama cheez ba-Beer behtar meshawad!

[–] Snailbear (6) 7 years ago

I used to work with two girls who were Chinese by ancestry, Russian by birth, and American by adoption (and not even by the same family, and this was in a small Ohio city). Not unusual at all.