Patronymics

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Yes.  The celebration is after she comes back from roddom.  (I remember Gurin remarks how much the baby looks like Katya).  And as I recall, having given "Aleksandrovna" as the patronymic, Katya meets the momentary silence of her friends by saying, "v chest' moego otca."


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On Thursday, June 10, 2004  4:27 PM, Alina Israeli wrote:
>>And we see a good example of this in the film *Moscow Does Not Believe in
>>Tears* (1979).  Katya somewhat suddenly and randomly chooses her newly
>>born daughter's name at her baby shower--and it's a name that differs from
>>the baby's actual father (But I can't quite remember if the shower is held
>>before or after the baby's birth in her case--and I'm also blanking on the
>>patronymic she picks.).  And indeed nobody at the shower asks any further
>>questions...
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>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:27:46 -0700
>From: Alina Israeli
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Patronymics
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>Aleksandrovna. My point precisely, it's Katja's father who was Alexander.
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