The Weakest Link 2010: Tables

[Theym]

What about "son" at the end of Jhonson? Doesn't that mean son?

[littlebrather]

I thought the ending -vich means "son" in Russia or something, making this Bumpity Bumpovich fellow a guy?

That about Mila Jovovich?

And -vich in Russia is only suffix such as ibn (Alla ibn Ali) for arabian culture.

But there are thousands of last names in Russia (but mostly in east Europe) with -vich suffix Miloshevich etc.

[Silfir]

Mila Jovovich's origin is Serbian (from her father's side, who gave her the name), and her born name (Mila Jovovich is basically an americanization) is Milica Jovović. That -vić is quite different from the -vich I'm talking about, more similar probably to the ending -ov in Russian (if you take a look at, for instance, the Serbian national football squad, well over half the squad ends in -ic - same deal with Milosevic, by the way!).

I think I won't be out of line too much if I point out that Serbians are not Russians. Neither are Croatians or Montenegrinians Serbian, or Herzegovinians Bosnian, or Slovakians Czech, Latvians Lithuanians and so on and so forth. Ethnic diversity of the Balcan and eastern Europe in general is vast, and very pronounced.



The ending -son in Johnson means son, yes. Nowadays that doesn't mean that Michael Johnson was the son of a John, but rather that one of his ancesters who provided the name had a father named John at some point, when the naming conventions changed to adopt the family name of the father as one's own.

[littlebrather]

in Russia an -ov suffix is the most popular. For example Ivanov is exactly Jhonson (as far as John is Ivan)
But -vich is the most popular in eastern Europe. And logic of Jhonson is the same for Ivanov or Ivanovich (if he is from Ukraina or another country from that region). The main thing is that Ivanovich, if it is the last name, doesn't depends from sex. (for example girl Jovovich).
On the other hand in the Russian tradition of communication it is common to use patronymic (sorry, dictionary helps me) instead of last name (like in Arabian: Muhhamed ibn Ali).
Ivan Ivanovich (patronomic) etc, instead of Ivan Ivanov (last name). This way -vich means guy surely =)

[fazisi]

Even if -vich means he's a dude with a name like "Bumpity Bumpovich", he's got to have a nice pair of tits.

[gut]

... and to think I almost spelled it 'vitch'.
Oh, the nitpicking I would have gotten then!

[Silfir]

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov is the son of Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, who is the son of Nikolai Vasilievich Ulyanov. That's the -vich, or -yich, that means "son of", and the one I was talking about.

[gut]

So gutyevichevitch means 'gut' 'son of' 'a vitch'?

[Soirana]

I think I won't be out of line too much if I point out that Serbians are not Russians. Neither are Croatians or Montenegrinians Serbian, or Herzegovinians Bosnian, or Slovakians Czech, Latvians Lithuanians and so on and so forth. Ethnic diversity of the Balcan and eastern Europe in general is vast, and very pronounced.

Most of these are slavic, which goes for more or less close [or rather originating] to russians.

Why you got Lithuanians and Latvians into that mix i have no idea. Probably cause Germany education system is as good as USA in teaching certain facts.

[gut]

Silfir said that Lithuanians aren't Russians, right? Are you saying
they are? Well, you'd be right by saying that. As an American, I
know that all who live around England are Europeans, all who live
a bit further east are Russians, and most who live further east than
that are either Chinese or Japanese. Somewhere in the middle of
all that, and to the south a bit is India and two or three middle
eastern countries (who's names escape me right now). Below America
are Mexico and Brazil. Australia is off to the side somewhere. That
is all.