Re: OT: Slavic name question
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 11, 2004, 16:34 |
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MJR> The news reports included his real last name, which they spelled
MJR> 'Zivojinovich'.
JWC> Undoubtedly the wire services couldn't cope with the hachek over the
JWC> Z which ought to be there.
Well, the original Yugoslavian name may have had a hacek, but he's not
Yugoslavian/Serbian/Croatian; he's the son of Canadian immigrants from
Yugoslavia. I would be surprised if the family kept the hacek in the
English spelling of their name.
But also I don't know why they would replace the final <č> with <ch> and not
replace the <Ž> with <Zh>.
Anyway, thanks.
-Mark
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