Thread: Famous names once and for all

Originally Posted by Doomer

I can play this too - you are saying nonsense
Now what?

Russians have this word (zebra) in their language. They do not pronounce it "sebra".

Originally Posted by Doomer

Right, this called an accent

Yes. And if someone says "fusion" without "y" sound, it is not accent, it is not knowing the rules.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

(but Макги was the Cyrillicized spelling used on my visa).

did you have a say how your name should be transliterated into Russian on your Visa?

Originally Posted by Anixx

Russians have this word (zebra) in their language. They do not pronounce it "sebra".

One more time
there is no word "zebra" in Russian language there is "зебра"
The word "zebra" however exists in English and it is not pronounced as "зебра" it is pronounced as "зибра". Also it doesn't mean that all original sounds in this word can be perfectly replaced with Russian language sounds
I don't know why argue about it at all, I already got that you don't agree, you want to convince me? Not gonna happen

Originally Posted by Anixx

Yes. And if someone says "fusion" without "y" sound, it is not accent, it is not knowing the rules.

Or that someone might think he's saying it with "y" but actually he is not and that will be an accent

Originally Posted by LXNDR

did you have a say how your name should be transliterated into Russian on your Visa?

I don't think it is possible

Originally Posted by LXNDR

did you have a say how your name should be transliterated into Russian on your Visa?

This came up in another thread... Apparently all Russians nowadays are forced to transliterate their names in the English style.

That's a pity, because the Russian names look much more stylish and interested when they are transliterated in the French or German style. Not sure exactly why.... perhaps because of all the glamorous people who fled the Russian revolution who still have surnames that are transliterated in this way.

But it's funny how the same Russian name can look and feel SO different depending on how it is transliterated.

It would be much more interesting for Russian people if they had a choice in this matter, I think.