pushkin's nanny

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Cole M. Crittenden wrote:

 > Arina Rodionovna is sometimes referred to as Anna Rodionovna (I've
 > run across it in a couple of essays and brief bios of Pushkin).
 > Wondering if Anna can be a short form of Arina, or vice versa, or if
 > this is simply a wrong substitution that somehow got currency in
 > English. Thanks in advance, Cole Crittenden.

If you blur your eyes and let the "r" run into the "i," you'll see how
someone could make that mistake. -- But only in English.

Once it got into print, it was only a matter of time before someone
copied it...

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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