The Russian abbreviation comes from the older form Aleksashka, which was shortened to Sashka, which then gets shortened to Sasha.
Sounds like an interesting read, worth adding to the list then?
Yeah, it is. It's a unique novel to say the least.
Wow, one of these old-school "random nerd dumps information"-Wikipedia-articles:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryna_and_Serhiy_Dyachenko
I love it, let's hope the editors never find it.
What do you mean by these nerd dumps?
I meant that the article is mostly a collection of lists (novels are listed twice 👍) including „Fictional creatures and objects created by writers“. I think it's amazing but I'm pretty it doesn't conform with Wikipedia's article writing rules.
I’m currently reading it. So no spoilers. But I can answer one thing - Sasha is not short for Alexandra. Like many other cultures, Russians have a “home name” and a “formal name” for people. Sasha is just her home name. That’s why no one at the institute calls her that unless they know her closely.
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