#Mikalay and Mikalai are Belarusian ver of Nikolai
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To Fans of Nyo!Belarus...
To any of you who named him “Arlovskaya”, do you know how surnames work in Russian-speaking countries? Also, did you read the kitawiki? It never said “Arlovskaya”, it said “Arlofsky” or “Arlovski”. Although, Arlovski is a real person, and I’m pretty sure Natasha’s surname isn’t Arlofskaya with an f.
Can any Russians and Belarusians confirm if Natalya/Natallia is still relevant? Is it an outdated name or still going? I feel most of the characters have old people name.
Update: Wikipedia said the Belarusian spelling is feminine “Арлоўская” (Arlouskaya, Arloŭskaja, Arlowskaya) or masculine “Арлоўскі” (Arloŭski, Arlowski) but I know every Belarusians will write however they think is correct, because we all think differently according to the language we understand. You know that internet meme what language do bilinguals/polyglots think in? The better question is what language rules do they think in? Example, came across a name on a social media handle “Bitl” and I thought “wait, I thought your name is Zhuk?” Turns out, Zhuk means beatle. (Edit: I mispelt beetle)
PS. Why did people name Romania “Vlad” after Vlad Tepes then proceeded to name him “Vladimir” when that’s a Russian name and Vlad Tepes the Impaler’s full name is right there, “Vladislav”. How did we fail that one?????
PPS. I forgot when I wrote this. This sat in my drafts forever.
#sti speaks#my stuff#writing tips#writing help#hetalia#nyo belarus#aph#vladislav arlovsky#nikolai arlovski#behindthenames says nikolai isn't a Russian name#same with Natalya#natallia is the Belarusian ver#Mikalay and Mikalai are Belarusian ver of Nikolai#human names are a mess#Hetalians have a habit of smashing together cultures and this leads to problems like Ukraine having a Russian last name Braginskaya#wow I found a Орловский#is that Russian or Belarusian?#the famous mma is Арлоўскі#also a ww1 officer#usually latinized to Orovsky#let me test sommat#natallia arlovskaya#natallia arlowskaya#vladislav popescu
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