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Message no. 1
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 18:08:08 -0700 (PDT)
Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
"Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?

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Message no. 2
From: NaCl(aq) jed7466@******.isc.rit.edu
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 21:08:32 -0400
Rand Ratinac wrote:

> Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?

Alexia, right evil lurking GM? Hehe. That was the name of my character's wife ( a fellow
PC).


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Message no. 3
From: . s t e f a n stefan@*****.org
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 04:06:22 +0200
>Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
>"Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?

Alexa or Alexia. Think Alexis is male.

.stefan


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Message no. 4
From: Spike spike1@*******.co.uk
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 03:59:13 +0100 (BST)
>
> >Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> >"Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?
>
> Alexa or Alexia. Think Alexis is male.

Try telling that to Joan Collins... (Alexis Carrington from Dynasty)
:)

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Message no. 5
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 23:06:41 -0400
". s t e f a n" wrote:

> >Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> >"Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?
>
> Alexa or Alexia. Think Alexis is male.
>

There's a good friend of mine at school, Alexis Schuette, who is female. I
also knew a female Alexis in high school. So that leads me to the conclusion
that Alexis is a female name (although I'm no expert on male/female names,
it could just be one of those bisexual names like Sam or Pat.)

>
> .stefan
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Message no. 6
From: NaCl(aq) jed7466@******.isc.rit.edu
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 23:06:19 -0400
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Strago wrote:
There's a good friend of mine at school, Alexis Schuette, who is female. I

> also knew a female Alexis in high school. So that leads me to the conclusion
> that Alexis is a female name (although I'm no expert on male/female names,
> it could just be one of those bisexual names like Sam or Pat.)
>

Last I checked, Alexis was female. Just actually read what you were saying, and
realized I know an Alexis. Heh. She's female.
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<br>There's a good friend of mine at school, Alexis Schuette, who is female.
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<br>that Alexis is a female name (although I'm no expert on male/female
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<br>it could just be one of those bisexual names like Sam or Pat.)
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Last I checked, Alexis was female. Just actually <i>read</i> what you were
saying, and realized I know an Alexis. Heh. She's female.
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Message no. 7
From: Mark A Shieh SHODAN+@***.EDU
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 00:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
Rand Ratinac <docwagon101@*****.com> writes:
> Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?

http://www.thebabyoutlet.com/html/additional_channels/names/girls_a.html

lists Alexi *as* a female name (variation of Alexander). Other
feminine versions and variants of Alexander include Alexa, Alexandra,
Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexandrine, Alexia, Alexina,
Alexine, Alexis, Alix, Alixandra, Alyssandra, and Alyx.

Bored in the office,
Mark
Message no. 8
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 22:39:36 -0700 (PDT)
> > >Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> > >"Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something
> different?
> >
> > Alexa or Alexia. Think Alexis is male.
> > .stefan
>
> There's a good friend of mine at school, Alexis
Schuette, who is female. I also knew a female Alexis
in high school. So that leads me to the conclusion
that Alexis is a female name (although I'm no expert
on male/female names, it could just be one of those
bisexual names like Sam or Pat.)
> --Strago

Bisexual. :)

Do you mean asexual, Strago? ;)

But speaking of that, Schuette sounds German. Unless
her parents just picked the name out of thin air, that
raises the possibility that Alexis is the German
version of the name, while the suggested Alexa and
Alexia are the Russian versions.

Anyway, I'm after the Russian version. So is that
Alexa/Alexia? Any other suggestions?

====Doc'
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S.S. f. P.S.C. & D.J.

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Message no. 9
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 22:46:42 -0700 (PDT)
> > Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> > "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something
> different?
>
>
http://www.thebabyoutlet.com/html/additional_channels/names/girls_a.html
>
> lists Alexi *as* a female name (variation of
Alexander). Other feminine versions and variants of
Alexander include Alexa, Alexandra, Alexandrea,
Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexandrine, Alexia, Alexina,
Alexine, Alexis, Alix, Alixandra, Alyssandra, and
Alyx.
> Bored in the office,
> Mark

I have GOTTA start being more specific. In Russia,
Alexi is a male name. I'm looking for the RUSSIAN
female variant/s of that name. :)

====Doc'
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Message no. 10
From: Barbie LeVile barbie@********.de
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 08:51:31 +0200
Rand Ratinac wrote:
>

> But speaking of that, Schuette sounds German. Unless
> her parents just picked the name out of thin air, that
> raises the possibility that Alexis is the German
> version of the name, while the suggested Alexa and
> Alexia are the Russian versions.
>
Alexis sounds more greek then german.
Remember Alexis Sorbas, the greek oil multi?

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Message no. 11
From: Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 20:57:11 +1000
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From: NaCl(aq) <jed7466@******.isc.rit.edu>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: (Kinda OT) Question


Strago wrote:
There's a good friend of mine at school, Alexis Schuette, who is female.
I
also knew a female Alexis in high school. So that leads me to the
conclusion
that Alexis is a female name (although I'm no expert on male/female
names,
it could just be one of those bisexual names like Sam or Pat.)

Last I checked, Alexis was female. Just actually read what you were
saying, and realized I know an Alexis. Heh. She's female.
--


Another male name goes the way of Vivian and Dana. We'll all be called
David one day to prevent gender confusion.
There's a newsreader (in Sydney, I think, I move around too much) called
Lexy. Probably short for one of the others but it's still an alternative.
Message no. 12
From: Michael Schmidt Michael.Schmidt@****.uni-hannover.de
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 12:52:58 +0200 (MET DST)
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Barbie LeVile wrote:

> > But speaking of that, Schuette sounds German. Unless
> > her parents just picked the name out of thin air, that
> > raises the possibility that Alexis is the German
> > version of the name, while the suggested Alexa and
> > Alexia are the Russian versions.
> >
> Alexis sounds more greek then german.
> Remember Alexis Sorbas, the greek oil multi?

Right. The German female form of Alex is Alexandra.

Michael Schmidt

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Message no. 13
From: Martin Steffens (Berlitz) v-marts@*********.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 03:55:04 -0700
> From: Rand Ratinac
> Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?

Alexandra or Sascha (shortened version of Alex-type names
for both females and males). Note that Russian has tons of
shortened version of names, but Sascha tends to be the
most common.

I got this info of my wife who is kind of native Russian,
but still pretty fluent in Russian.

*Martin does a little Russian dance - Hey! Hey! Hey! - and
falls over*


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Message no. 14
From: Raveness Ravensbane ravenessravensbane@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 06:39:36 -0700 (PDT)
> > Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> > "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something
> different?
>
> Alexia, right evil lurking GM? Hehe. That was the
> name of my character's wife ( a fellow
> PC).

I have a cousin named Alexis and I had a PC named
Alexia too.
*consults baby name handbook*
Female: Alex, Alexa, Alexis.

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Message no. 15
From: Raveness Ravensbane ravenessravensbane@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT)
> > > Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> > > "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something
> > different?
> >
> > Alexia, right evil lurking GM? Hehe. That was the
> > name of my character's wife ( a fellow
> > PC).
>
> I have a cousin named Alexis and I had a PC named
> Alexia too.
> *consults baby name handbook*
> Female: Alex, Alexa, Alexis.

Just remembered there is a woman here at work, I think
she's russian and her name is Aleksandra
Spivek-Andreev. We call her Sasha for short.

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Message no. 16
From: Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 15:50:19 +1000
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From: Raveness Ravensbane <ravenessravensbane@*****.com>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: (Kinda OT) Question



>Just remembered there is a woman here at work, I think
>she's russian and her name is Aleksandra
>Spivek-Andreev. We call her Sasha for short.
>
Yep, that makes sense. Like the guy I knew from Kashmir (sp?) who's whole
name was Z'hur (again, sp?). Everyone wanted to call him Bob.
Message no. 17
From: Manolis Skoulikas great_worm@*****.com
Subject: (Kinda OT) Question
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:25:44 +0300
Rand Ratinac wrote:
>
> Hey, does anyone known the feminine version of
> "Alexi"? Would it be "Alexis", or something different?
>
I will give you the greek version of it since most others were
adequately covered.

Remember though that Alexis is originally an ancient greek name and
therefore ''we'' hold the certificate of authenticity for it
:))))))))

Here goes:

Alexis is the modern age nickname for Alexandros (more common to most of
you as 'Alexander', 'Alexandre'or 'Allesandro') the female of which is
''Alexandra'' and in modern age ''Alexia''.

The accents go:

Ancient greek:
a-LE-ksan-thros (th as in the=article)
a-le-KSAN-thra (th as in the=article)

Byzantine greek:
a-LE-ksee-auhs
a-le-KSEE-ah

Modern greek:
a-LE-ksees
a-le-KSEE-ah

Alexandros was an ancient Macedonian name (the north of Greece) derived
from the verb ''alekso''(to protect) and the noun ''anir'' (man). It is
disputed to mean either the one who protects from other men, or the one
who draws away men.

When Greece was brought into christianity in the early first century,
many of the ancient greek names that were still in use at the time were
summarily 'christianised'' as the gospel was primarily taught in greek
(which at the time was a common language in the roman empire, something
like english today)

In the Byzantine times the name was changed into Alexios and Alexia
respectively. Three Byzantine emperors were named Alexios (only one of
them was any good :) )

When the Russians were christianised in the early 11th century, they
acquired many ''christian'' (at this age read greek byzantine) names as
they were newly baptized.

Through the russians and eventually the other Slavic nations like
Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania, the name found itself in all of
europe (in different accents of course according with the nation of the
immigrant families) and eventually in the Americas and Australia.

I hope I was not TOO boring!

the wiz

PS: If you were not bored by the rant, here's an enlightening
story about how the Russians were christianised:
At the early 11th century (when Basileios II Bulgaroktonos
was emperor, a very dedicated man that stoically ruled and
fought for his country against many odds, ''both foreign and
domestic'' as you would put it) came a call for an alliance
from Vladimir, the Czar of Russia (then only Ukraine and some
teritories north of it).
Basilios was in great need for any allies he could find and
gladly accepted. The only problem was that Vladimir
(a very old man by that age's reckoning) was requesting that
there be a royal marriage between the two empires.
The only female relative in Basileios's blood line was was
his sister Aikaterini (Catherine) STILL unmarried at the
(very old for the era) age of 29. Being an unmarried princess
at 29 in Byzantium was as politically incorrect as calling an
afroamerican homosexual communist a ''commie b****rd negro f**et''
while urinating on his dead carcass in world wide live television.
With this colorful parenthesis ending
(my sincere excuses to any aforementioned categories of persons)
we all understand that marrying Aikaterini off to that old geezer
Vladimir was a godsend gift to Basileios. Alas, at the time
marrying someone off was not an option as the parties involved
should voluntarily agree to the marriage (byzantines were really
serious about marriage rituals, or for all rituals for that matter)
So Basileios sent Aikaterini to russia with the option that she
could choose not to marry Vladimir and end the alliance this way.
Along with her came an army of priests, doctors, diplomats, guards,
and scientists of all trades and vocations. When Aikaterini met
Vladimir she was impressed by his tenure and composure (even though
at the time he was completely blind by severe cataract) and agreed to
marry him to every one's bewilderment (actually it was the lure of
power that swayed the otherwise choosy but cunning byzantine princess).
The only problem would be that she would have to deny her faith for
the marriage to take place in the old russian religion (a mix of
fertility-great mother animistic religion). that for a Byzantine
would mean eternal damnation in a very special place in purgatory,
avidly described in theological texts of the time). So she stalled
and tried to convince to proselytize Vladimir into Christianity.
In vain she tried to sway the proud old Czar, that has made a name
for his obstinacy. In the meantime, the byzantine doctors examined
the Czar's eyes and realized the cause of his blindness was the fact
that the eyes have never been cleaned by the muccus produced by the
cataract. They did not talk with anyone in the russian court about it.
Instead they conspired with the priests and came up with a plan:
A priest came to Vladimir and told him that if he embraced
christianity, the Orthodox God would cure his blind ness in a second.
Vladimir said that if this happened, he would stay a christian,
but if it did not he would behead the priest for mocking him.
The ceremony of the baptism took place summarily and the doctors
''attended'' the baptism and ''helped dry'' Vladimir off.
As he emerged from the water for the third time, Vladimir could see
again.He called ''Miracle'' loudly and the Orthodox priests exclamed
with him:''Indeed a Miracle!''
So Vladimir married Aikaterini in the Orthodox christian way and
the whole of the russian people were baptized christians.
Unfortunately, the transition was not at all voluntary nor non violent.
Many people martyred for their faith but in the end the will of
Vladimir was totally enforced.
Thus was russia brought into christiandom.

If you have read so far and would like more info on this or any
other related subject, fell free to contact me personally.

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