name translation

[Liam Cognet]

Thought I'd throw this out there...

The name "Czarina" which is Russian would be spelt "Zarina" in English becuase thats how it sounds...

[Maro]

Which comes from Caesar (Czar that is).

Why the post?

[Steve Malton]

Which comes from Caesar (Czar that is).

Which in Latin would be pronounced Kayser...

[John Frakes]

caesar salad was first created in mexico, not in rome.

[TEA]

How about the Kayser roll?

[John Frakes]

How about the Kayser roll?

Austrian ukemi?

It was supposedly created in Vienna, and is thought to have been named to honor Emperor Franz Josef.

I wonder who yogurt was named after, and why.

[Steve Malton]

I wonder who yogurt was named after, and why.

Ask and ye shall receive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoghurt..._.27yoghurt.27

[Douglas Wylie]

Which in Latin would be pronounced Kayser...

Beat me to it.

More conventional knowledge-

Pi is usually pronounced in math as "pie" but it should be "pee". Like "epic".

Oh, and Pi are not square, pi are round... cornbread are square. (sorry, had to do it)

[Liam Cognet]

Actually that was more of a question, I should have put a "?" on the end.

Czarina also rarely spelt Tzarina is Russian.

Zarina is also a Muslin name unrelated to Czarina.

So Czarina(Russian) = Zarina(English)?
And Zarina(Muslin) = Zarina(English)?

Correct?


Feel free to ignore this thread if it make no sense.

"Guess she don't like the corn bread either" - Frost, Aliens.

[Steve Malton]

In which case, no. A russian person called Czarina spelling their name using the roman alphabet would probably spell it Czarina, cos this is the closest approximation to the cyrillic spelling although not to the pronounciation. An english person wanting to take the name might spell it Czarina if they wanted it to look "authentically russian", or Zarina if they just like the sound.

[Maro]

I used to live in Caesarea.

[breen]

In Engish, Czarina can also be spelled Tsarina, Tzarina or Zarina. There is a single letter in Cyrillic, like a squared-off capital U, that phonetically is 'ts', which is the correct translation. There is another letter for Z, but it is not used to spell Tsar or Tsarina. 'Czarina' looks more exotic and is commonly used, but the proper spelling is Tsarina.

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