Pashkevich vs. Paszkiewicz vs. Paskievic

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Elena Gapova wrote:

In response to your implied side question:

 > But: Jan Zaprudnik in "Historical Dictionary of Belarus" (The
 > Scarecrow Press, 1998) gives "Pashkevich, Aloiza. See. Paskevic,
 > Alaiza" with small upward crescents which I do not know how to find
 > in my computer over s and c, and the entry goes under this name.

These diacritics are called by various names. Slavicists seem to prefer
"háček," which is the Czech name for them, and I suppose the English
plural would be "háčeks" (!) instead of the native "háčky." Those who
don't know Czech, including Microsoft, tend to call them "caron(s)."

In general, you can find "funny characters" in Windows systems in one of
two ways:

1) Look for a program called "Character Map" and poke around in there.
The executable file is "CHARMAP.EXE," and there's normally a shortcut
under Start | Programs | somewhere. On a Windows 2000 system, for
example, it's under Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools |
Character Map. It has a neat search window -- if you enter "caron," it
will show you all the characters whose names contain the word "caron."

N.B. If you copy/paste from this application to an Office application,
you get an extra paragraph mark (carriage return) that has to be deleted.

2) In MS Word and other Office applications, try Insert | Symbol.

In either event, you can render "č, š" as whole characters, as I have
done here, or separately as the háček dead key ( ̌) plus the ordinary "c"
or "s." The decision will depend on your intended purpose.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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