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Originally posted by JustMe:
But not Alexey? He is no favorite with you?
Yes, Alexey I like. It's the diminutive Alyosha I don't like. It got a wierd sound in Italian.... Tough to explain but....it actually is....weird....

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Originally posted by JustMe:
There also is a name Mikhail. Well, basically, it's Michael. Also beautiful. I like it since I was, in the days of my childhood, admiring a certain music celebrity named so.
I don't know WHY, but I like it too. Not the Italian (Michele ), just the English translation....and yes, the Russian one (it always makes me think of Mikhail Gorbaciov, I admired him so much)

I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)