Spelling East European names
FIEGUTH Rolf
rolf.fieguth at UNIFR.CH
Fri Nov 3 06:45:05 UTC 2006
"hácky"
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Spelling East European names
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 háceks (or
should I say "hácki"?):
"Dzordzas Volkeris Busas"
This also explains why the bard's name looks so seksy but really isn't:
"Viljams Sekspirs"
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