Slavic languages- help?

[jj]

Trying to decipher Angelika Willd's pubic tat. I can usually manage Russian Cyrillic
but this [I assume, Polish rendition] has me slightly fazed..... it reads [to my eye]
as 'DaƜenbka', i.e, "Dashenka" [with the soft-sign].
Any linguists out there?

[IMG]http://img277.imagevenue.com/loc119/th_95853_vlcsnap_00003_123_119lo.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://img14.imagevenue.com/loc247/th_95853_vlcsnap_00004_123_247lo.jpg[/IMG].

[Ridley44Lev]

If I'm correct Сашенька (Dashenka) means Sasha in Russian. But since I only know a little Russian, this is not 100%.

[djvinc]

Hey there jj,

It reads "Dashenka" (or little Dasha/Darya), altho not in pure Cyrillic.
Letters "D" nad "n" and substituted with latin.
Should be Дашенька <-- not sure if your browser will display this correctly.

hope this helps

[jj]

Thanks for confirming my guess- as she's Polish that would explain
the 'hybrid' nature of the script. "Dashenka" it will be, then : -)

Here also is the rarely-seen one on the right nape of the neck [usually covered
by her hairdo]. From currently-unlisted 'Belles et Bonnes a la Fois' [Telsev],
where she's unenhanced and lacks the pubic tat [which was the last to appear]:
[IMG]http://www.egafd.com/images/hosted/fcj785umy1lb508ul68j_thumb.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.egafd.com/images/hosted/9ba6vd5za66ymxobxx_thumb.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.egafd.com/images/hosted/ns6eh9rxwf38z4m5x5uq_thumb.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.egafd.com/images/hosted/4ts1dp3twnphnlabsu_thumb.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.egafd.com/images/hosted/9j9mwgemi6zox0w29j_thumb.jpg[/IMG].

[another_l33cher]

...but Poland always used Latin script (with only few diacritics).

Bear (Russian? ) in mind that some letters from printed Cyrillic are really different from handwritten script.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyril ... ursive.png

See? What looks like T in print is similar to M in handwriting!

[jj]

Yes, we're aware of all that.
Does it materially affect our conclusion, though?

[another_l33cher]

You got the name right, but the "as she's Polish that would explain
the 'hybrid' nature of the script" guess was completely wrong (it's simply Russian handwriting). I thought that getting this straight will help somebody next time.

[jj]

OK- that said, I'm only taking others' word that she's Polish : -)