[mova] spell = name ??

K&I Bell kib at magma.ca
Sat Nov 11 17:18:14 EST 2006


Hello Mova - I can't remember seeing this message of mine - was it 
sent by Mova ?  If it was, please ignore this message.  Diakuiu,   Irena

>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:25:33 -0400
>To: Ukr language
>From: K&I Bell <kib at magma.ca>
>Subject: spell = name ??
>
>Hello Mova -
>         I found it strange that Spielberg's Kyiv movie was called 
> 'Spell your name', as I think there is really no such concept in 
> Ukrainian as 'spelling'.  Unlike English,  if you hear a word in 
> Ukrainian you know exactly how to spell it.
>         I wonder how one would really translate into English "Nazvy 
> svoie im'ia", the Ukr title of the film ?  Sounds more to me like 
> "Tell me your name".
>         But the English title likely came first, and then a 
> Ukrainian title had to be concocted.....
>                                                 Irena B
>PS   bereft at not being able to follow my Kiev/Kyiv posting, as I 
>still haven't figured out how to add Ukr to my Eudora e-mail, though 
>I do have Ukr in Word docs ...



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