Re: [tied] Vw again

German: Tschaikowsky

French: Tchaikovsky

English: Chaikovsky

Italian: Ciaikovski

Spanish: Chaikovski

Catalan: Tgaikovski

Polish: Czajkowski

Czech: C^ajkovskí

Hungarian: Csaikovskí

Greek: Tsaikofski

Basque: Txaikofski (?)

Arabic: Tshayqofskii

Hebrew: Ts'ayqopskii

Turkish: Çaykovski

Fortunately, I see a standard of Russian transliteration based on Croatian in the future; it's already being used increasingly for Bulgarian. Someday we'll all see C^ajkovskij like it's meant to be.

And one thing: use of "ee" and "oo" for long "i" and "u" in Hindi and other Indic languages has got to go.

~DaW~

----- Original Message -----

From: markodegard@...

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, 30 August, 2001 18:31

Subject: [tied] Vw again

You also wonder about transliteration rules. What you get in German, then French (Nabokov sniffing over 'Chagall'), and then English (and worse, what you get in English in the Library of Congress card catalogue) never seem to agree. The TV reports say Nicolay OK, but others do it exactly as it's spelled -- not rhyme with 'lie'. The Sacramento County Sheriff bumbled it into Nicholas. I cannot remember how you spell the more difficult Russian transliterations, and have to look them up, Tschaikovsky, and even harder, the cruise-chef of the Communist Party during the early 60s.