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    Image of Tartan_Tart Tartan_Tart
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I was sure it was going to be Natalie - yay for thinking outside of the box!
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    Image of MsFeasance MsFeasance
    12/06/09

    @Tartan_Tart: I was hoping for Nicole, myself. So little love for the Nicoles.
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    Image of DutchessOfDork DutchessOfDork
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I was hoping you would do my name :D My dad did get the name from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
    But I am emotional :P
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    Edited by DutchessOfDork at 12/04/09 5:01 PM DutchessOfDork was starred DutchessOfDork was unstarred
    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    Ah, shit. I could have sworn you were going to do "Nicole" so I could complain on behalf of Noelle name-holders that we keep getting the shaft.

    Le sigh.
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    Edited by JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! at 12/04/09 4:50 PM JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was starred JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was unstarred
    Image of Lolita Hazed Lolita Hazed
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    She's also quite fatal because ah, Satan sees her.
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    Image of Skellatrix Skellatrix
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    Ooo! I knew a Natasha. She was very petite, with long blond hair and freckles. She masked her daintiness with black eyeliner and dark red lipstick. She wore JNCOs with a wallet chain, did drugs, drank, and had a mom who didn't care who was sleeping over. My best friend used her as an excuse. She would sneak around with her boyfriend and then go to Natasha's basement in the middle of the night. Then the "I'm sleeping over at Natasha's house!" lie would be partly true.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I am feeling kind of dumb for not knowing that Sasha's full name was Natasha. I saw her and for a moment was like "waaaahuh?"
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I always remember that Michael's dog's name in Forever was named Tasha. She was a schnauzer. I think I may have read that too many times as a teen.

    I know two IRL Natashas, and neither are your high school Natasha. One is a dim receptacle who has chosen someone unfortunate with whom to reproduce, and the other is a high school friend who is pure awesome, and a gifted athlete in a sport not traditionally for women.
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I knew a Natasha in high school, but I did go to boarding school, and she dated models and did a boat-load of coke. So, par for the course I guess.
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    Image of eloiseonahill eloiseonahill
    12/04/09

    @SunburnedCounsel: Ah HA! That's why Natasha is hard to imagine going to high school. Of COURSE she went to boarding school! (for those of us who didn't)
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    Image of mikaelamac mikaelamac
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    A friend of mine gave me the alias of "Natasha Brooksfield"... I'd like to think the description actually fits to some degree.
    (btw, her alias was Rory Killjoy - a stern, quiet type).
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    Natascha McElhone has one of the best bodies that I have ever seen. Also, her cheek bones are to die for.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    12/04/09

    @Tchotchke: She's completely not my type at all, and yet I'm shockingly attracted to her. It makes watching Californication with my wife much more entertaining than just laughing at her cooing over Duchovny. Also, something about her voice and the way she speaks just kills me.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/04/09

    @MyNameIsChris: I think it's the cool, bohemian air about her. She just seems very laid back, and her body is perfect. I'd love to be that tall. Plus, she doesn't seem like the type that needs much makeup; she seems natural.
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    Edited by Tchotchke at 12/04/09 3:24 PM Tchotchke was starred Tchotchke was unstarred
    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    12/04/09

    @Tchotchke: You raise a good point... I always go for the cool bohemian vibe... laid back and natural... So she's got all that.
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    Image of Snowbunny Snowbunny
    12/04/09

    @Tchotchke: She is ridiculously beautiful. Every scene she's in on Californication basically turns into me staring at her perfect face.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/04/09

    @Snowbunny: You know why I find her so beautiful too? She is unconventional by Hollywood standards. She has a bit of a nose, her eyes give off a sad, soulful vibe because they are tilted slightly downward, and her mouth is slightly crooked. But all of that is exactly what makes her so beautiful! (Also, full disclosure: I love women with strong noses. I think it's so beautiful.)
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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    It is a pretty name, but it seems (to me, anyway) like it could be a heavy load, you know, like you might have to really work to live up to it. Then again, I have a sturdy old-timey ethnic name, so certain names just seem generally exotic and intimidating to me. This is one of them.
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    Image of princesspineisempowered princesspineisempowered
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    Yea!! Natasha is my first daughter's name! She was supposed to be born on Christmas Eve but was born on Dec 4th instead. So Happy Birthday Natasha G! You will always be special to me!
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/04/09

    @princesspineisempowered: Congrats! So is today the first birthday, or the VERY first birthday?

    Plus, your kid shares a birthday with the illustrious Jay-Z.
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    Image of Snowbunny Snowbunny
    12/04/09

    @princesspineisempowered: Happy birthday to your daughter! What perfect timing for the name game!
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12/04/09

    @princesspineisempowered: I'm a Natalia and was supposed to be born on Dec 25th as well, yet I was born on Dec 8th (Immaculate Conception day)

    Happy Birthday to your daughter!
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    Image of princesspineisempowered princesspineisempowered
    12/04/09

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: My very first child,(and first daughter)named Natasha, is having her 29th birthday today. I have 2 daughters and one son. I can't wait to see if my second daughter's name makes the cut
    (unlikely but I never imagined *Natasha* would either).
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    Image of princesspineisempowered princesspineisempowered
    12/04/09

    @Ailatan: Natalia is a beautiful name! A loving celebration of a new life.
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    Image of Marla Singer Marla Singer
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    "Sasha" is short for Natasha!?
    I'll never understand the mechanicals of nicknaming in English.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    12/04/09

    @Marla Singer: I would think "Tasha" would be the more common diminutive. Or "Nat."
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    Image of lizdexia lizdexia
    12/04/09

    @Marla Singer: It will help if you accept that there really aren't any rules and it's entirely arbitrary. In fact, many people with slightly off nicknames can attribute them to a sibling's speech impediment or something totally nuts.

    I imagine the Obama's just liked Sasha better than Tasha.
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    Image of BlondeGoddess BlondeGoddess
    12/04/09

    @Marla Singer: That's actually nicknaming in Russian, in this case.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/04/09

    @Marla Singer: Sasha is the diminutive of Aleksandr in Russian. Alexandra as well, but it's especially common as a nickname for men. Natasha, is actually a Russian diminutive of Natalia. So, not really, but I guess it might be different in English...?
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    Image of Marla Singer Marla Singer
    12/04/09

    @Tchotchke: Oh, that's cool. So it's just an English thing, or maybe just an Obama thing, heh.
    It's fascinating to me because in Spanish we mostly use a piece of the actual name and/or diminutives ("ito" and "ita"), and that's about it.
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    Image of Alys Brangwin has a huge talent Alys Brangwin has a huge talent
    12/04/09

    @BlondeGoddess: Yeah, except Sasha has nothing do with Natasha, which is already a diminutive of Natalya. My favorite diminutive, however, is Zhenya, and I was totally jealous of my friend Evgenia's sweet nickname. Mine is okay, though, since I get to be Anya in Russian.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/04/09

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: Russians have the best diminutive names. It's also a really good language for cutesy nicknames and little kid voices because of the prevalence of "sshhh" and "zh" sounds. A little kid whining in Russian is the only time whining is cute.
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    Image of highjump highjump
    12/04/09

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: I love the name Zhenya, but if I named any lil highjumpers that it would seldom be pronounced correctly. We need to import that letter from cyrillic that makes that rather specific sound!
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    Image of highjump highjump
    12/04/09

    @Tchotchke: A big, big yes to all of this.
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    Image of BlondeGoddess BlondeGoddess
    12/04/09

    @Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: I stand corrected!
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    Image of DutchessOfDork DutchessOfDork
    12/04/09

    @hortense: I hate Nat. People at work forget that, and I have to say "I AM NOT A BUG".
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    Image of DutchessOfDork DutchessOfDork
    12/04/09

    @lizdexia: Funny story. My great-uncles name is Henry, but people call him Dick becasue when he was a kid he used to say "Stickum up!" But had a speech problem and said Dickum up! 70 years later...it prevails.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    I had NO idea that Sasha Obama's actual name is Natasha. How did I not know this?!
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    12/04/09

    @hortense: I didn't know that, either! They must be hiding her birth certificate from the public!
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    Image of TransFat TransFat
    12/04/09

    @rodmanstreet: Not so loud! Don't you know birthers can hear web comments from miles away? Your wit has doomed us all!
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    Edited by TransFat at 12/04/09 4:09 PM TransFat was starred TransFat was unstarred
    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12/04/09

    In reply to N Is For Natasha, A Femme Fatale
    Hurrah! Close enough to my name, and no, nothing at all like me.
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    Image of Marla Singer Marla Singer
    12/04/09

    @Ailatan: I just realized that your screen name reads "Natalia" backwards.
    Ironic slow clap for me.
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    Image of Casquivana Casquivana
    12/04/09

    @Ailatan: Ailatan! I love your name! And yes, I like it backwards too :P
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    Image of MalinaMango MalinaMango
    12/04/09

    @Ailatan: That just blew my mind. I always wondered what Ailatan meant. Your name is pretty both forwards and backwards.
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12/04/09

    @Casquivana: It's cute backwards, right?
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    Ailatan was starred Ailatan was unstarred
    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12/04/09

    @MalinaMango: thank you!
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12/04/09

    @Marla Singer: there you go.
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    Image of Gnatalby Gnatalby
    12/05/09

    @Ailatan: Eilatan is my sister's nickname for me. Whenever I see your comments, it makes me happy because of that.
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