[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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