Monday, September 11, 2023

My name

 

Alina Kiptenko
ESL 100
September 11, 2023


The Wrong Usage

There are a lot of interesting female names in Russia, and many of them have a deep meaning such as victory, hope, or love. At the same time, there are huge problems of using some well-known female names in my country because of their wrong usage.

When my mother was a pregnant, she wished to give me a well-known female name such as Katya, Masha, or Anya. Thankfully, my father found those names boring, and he offered the name Alina for me as an alternative.

In addition, I absolutely like Russian names and their meanings, but the main problem is that usually those names are also used as pet names. When I was growing, I spent a lot of time visiting my grandmother in the village, so I was able to notice that many goats or cows had the same names as my friends had. At those moment, I realized that I have very beautiful name, and I was very thankful, too.

In conclusion, choosing a right name for a child is the best way to uncover identity and personality as well as to give a bright symbol that will accompany a child throughout their life.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Alina. The story is very interesting about your name. Alina is really a nice name for you.

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  2. Hi, Alina. Lovely story about you. I also know all parents who spends a lot of time with their children which shows a better moral.

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  3. Hi Alina! It's a beautiful and interesting story of how you get your name. I think it's not as common as in Russia, but in Brazil sometimes people use the same name to animals and humans too.

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  4. Hi, Alina, how lucky are you to have such a special name.

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  5. Hi, very nice story, I like your name a lot its very different. Thanks for sharing it.

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