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zhismeyesterday at 1:38 PM1 replyview on HN

giving a like for quoting Gogol and Akakiy Akakievich (I wish you could understand this russian wordplay and what's meaning about that nicknames and why they were chosen)


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ambicapteryesterday at 2:22 PM

> I think in Russian this is supposed to be an obviously silly name, like “Poop Poopson”.

Is this correct? From the footnotes.

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