8/22    Is there a Russian-equivalent name for the English name Andrew?
        \_ 'Andrei'
           \_ I see.  Then is there a Russian name that sounds like "Andriska"
              or "Andrishka"?  There is a kid in my son's daycare center whose
              name is "Andrew", but everyone there calls him something like
              "Andriska".
              \_ Andryushka.  It's a dimunitive form of Andrei.  Dimunitives
                 are very common in Russian in 'informal speech,' e.g.,
                 Sasha -> Alexander, Misha -> Michail, Natasha -> Natalia.
                 There are also lots of degrees of 'dimunitiveness', e.g.,
                 Sasha, Sashka, Sashen'ka, etc. -- ilyas
                 \_ do you enjoy speaking the Russkiy mat?
                    \_ fuck!
                 \_ Thanks!  Mystery solved.