On 9/10/07 15:39, in article ,
"echinosum" wrote:


Sacha;753199 Wrote:
I was actually christened
Sandra but my brother couldn't say that and purely by coincidence I
ended up
as Sacha (my younger self's choice of spelling) Nobody ever calls me
Sandra, except my mother
Sandra can also be taken to be a pet form for Alexandra, via Italian
Alessandra, so you could say it's the same name.

Yes, that one I'd heard via relatives of an Italian relative.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'