Nicknames, anyone?

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By way of LJ friend avva, I have been introduced to a neat dictionary page at gramota.ru. One of the dictionaries is a dictionary of Russian first names, so I entered "Галина" (Galina) just to see what'd happen. The result:

ГАЛИНА, -ы, ж.
Производные: Галинка; Галинуха; Галинуша; Галя (Гала); Галёк(а); Галика; Галиха; Галиша; Галюня; Галюся; Галюха (Галуха); Галюша (Галуша); Гана (Ганя); Гася; Гуля; Аля; Лина; Линуся; Линуша; Ина.
[От греч. galēnē — спокойствие, безмятежность.]
†23 февр., 23 марта, 29 апр.

I am now so loaded for bear in the nickname department. :^)

* * *In other news, the weather has been so hot lately that any kind of outdoor exercise is a fairly silly idea until nearly sundown, and then the sun is well and truly down and you're walking around in the dark. So this morning, I set out at 6:45 am for my short walk "around the block," and although you have to deal with the sun in your eyes as you're coming back, at least you can see where you're going.

I'm happy to report that all is okay on the bank account front (though it's still only morning... give it time!), so all I really need to do is make those phone calls to find out what the delays in payment are all about.

Then it's a return to the face of the salttranslation mine. (That doesn't make much sense, does it?)

My, but I believe I am in a much better mood this morning.

Cheers...