Spelling East European names

[Paul B. Gallagher]

colkitto wrote:

>> Edward Lukas in the Economist on spelling East European names:
>>
>> The language of Sekspirs
>> http://edwardlucas.blogspot.com/
>>
> "Lithuanians refer to the president of the United States as Dzordzas 
> Volkeris Busas. There is a partial excuse for that-Lithuanian needs an 
> ending with "s" in order to decline male names correctly."
> 
> And Lithuania deserves further credit for standing up to the European 
> Commission and insisting on "euras" for "euro" .

As long as we're spelling things correctly, let's include the háčeks (or 
should I say "háčki"?):
	"Džordžas Volkeris Bušas"

This also explains why the bard's name looks so seksy but really isn't:
	"Viljams Šekspīrs"

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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