Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6695 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 809 of 1511 18 August 2013 at 11:55pm | IP Logged |
I have also constantly been wondering why Danish words with an 'y' (always vocalic) are transliterated into Russian using an 'ю' - 'ы' would be a better choice (not quite the same sound, but at least not pronouced as 'you').
Or why Чайкoвский is written as Tchaikovsky and not Tchaikovskij in English.
Sometimes bad habits just stick.
3 persons have voted this message useful
|
Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4695 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian
| Message 810 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 4:55am | IP Logged |
tarvos wrote:
As for that other anecdote, there were some problems with the towels when
I went to take a shower, and with the bed sheets... so I spoke in Russian. |
|
|
Sounds like success with the Russian. Congratulations.
On a side note - I like the Killers too!
(I remember in high school my mom freaked out hearing about them because of their name. I
had to reassure her it wasn't some death cult, just a regular harmless rock band.)
1 person has voted this message useful
|
fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4707 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 811 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 6:24am | IP Logged |
Hekje wrote:
(I remember in high school my mom freaked out hearing about them because of their name. I had to reassure her it wasn't some death cult, just a regular harmless rock band.) |
|
|
Hahahahahahah awesome, I can see my mom here.
1 person has voted this message useful
|
tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 812 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 8:01am | IP Logged |
Transliteration can be strange though - в is
transliterated v in Dutch but in publications
from some years ago it is always w. My dad
talked about Wladiwostok not Vladivostok
although the correct transliteration is the
latter. Note that w is not English w but
something between v and English w usually.
2 persons have voted this message useful
|
Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5048 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 813 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 9:40am | IP Logged |
A bad habbit of transcription of [h] as г in Russian is not fully eliminated. And why is
cognac коньяк in Russian, not коняк?
1 person has voted this message useful
|
tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 814 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 12:21pm | IP Logged |
That former one makes more sense if you pronounce the letter as in the Ukraine or
Southern Russia
1 person has voted this message useful
|
Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5048 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 815 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 12:41pm | IP Logged |
tarvos wrote:
That former one makes more sense if you pronounce the letter as in the
Ukraine or
Southern Russia |
|
|
That's why it appeared.
But from the Russian point of view х is closer to h than the Ukrainian г.
1 person has voted this message useful
|
tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4699 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 816 of 1511 19 August 2013 at 12:50pm | IP Logged |
I wouldn't say that so quickly, to me the southern Russian г sounds more like h than x
does.
1 person has voted this message useful
|