Subject: Re: [HM] Sofia Kovalevskaya
From: Ralph A. Raimi (rarm@math.rochester.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 12:27:26 EST
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Abe Shenitzer wrote:
>
> "Sonya" (or "Sonia") is the least "official" of all variants of the
> name. See the DSB article on Kovalevskaya by Edna Kramer.
I believe by "least 'official'" is really meant "most familiar, or
affectionate", though it is possible on state occasions to go all-out and
say "Sonyushka". My wife is named Sonya,
Ralph A. Raimi Tel. 716 275 4429 or (home) 716 244 9368
Dept. of Mathematics FAX 716 244 6631
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