Jocke wrote:Petrova, Natasha,
One could equally ask, why did so many Russian / Czech / Hungarian girls have Italian / Latin names? eg Jessica Fiorentino
Why did so many Russian / Czech-Slovak girls get English names, eg Jenny Simpson, Jenny Simmons?
I guess its to add air of middle-class finesse? Who knows?
Its like calling a new expensive housing estate in bogland of Scottish lowlands, "Uppercrust Abbey".
