Wordie: Twenty-six ways of (correctly) spelling the name of the author of the cherry orchard: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:05:26 +0000

And I thought I had trouble getting people to spell my name. ;-)

Comment by rolig, 10 months ago

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:37:01 +0000

Thanks, bilby!

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:28:45 +0000

In Indonesian it would be Cekov, because c is always pronounced like ch in church under modern spelling rules. Under the old system, in use till about 1978 I think, it would have been Tjekov. Kh is permissible in Indonesian but it's like the Arabic kha and very guttural. A simple k is in fact a closer fit to the Russian x.