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It seems likely that I am not the only person who can't spell Chuck Palahniuk's last name. Edit: Now that I think about it, it might be more accurate to say th
by curtis 8y ago
It seems likely that I am not the only person who can't spell Chuck Palahniuk's last name.
Edit: Now that I think about it, it might be more accurate to say that nobody can spell Chuck Palahniuk's last name...
- jandrese 8y agoMost people can't even pronounce it. I'm guessing the spelling is more natural if you speak Ukrainian.
- jimbobimbo 8y agoIn Ukrainian - yes, but not in English.
- jandrese 8y agoIs this one of those cases where the wage slave at Ellis Island did a craptastic job of transliterating the name and they've been stuck with it ever since?
- gnomewascool 8y agoIt's a case of the Latin transliteration not having a "natural"/intuitive pronunciation in English and hence a made-up pronunciation being used.[0] I think that the transliteration itself was "correct" (assuming that the original Ukrainian was Палагнюк). [0] https://chuckpalahniuk.net/author/frequently-asked-questions-about-chuck-palahniuk#biographical-1 https://chuckpalahniuk.net/author/frequently-asked-questions...
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoWhere did the "g" (г) go, Palagniuk seems closer (or Palagnyuk may be better?). I know a little Russian, perhaps this is different in Ukrainian?
- gnomewascool 8y agoThe Ukrainian г is pronounced as something intermediate between English hard "g" and "h" (ɦ in IPA)[0][1], so it's often transliterated as h.[2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_alphabet#Letter_names_and_pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_alphabet#Letter_name... [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ɦ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ɦ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian#Tables_of_romanization_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian#Tabl...
- radicalbyte 8y agoIt's easier to just pick a varient which works in your new language. I've changed the pronunciation of my name because they Dutch have know idea how to pronounce it. They can't spell it either, however the phonetic spelling is close enough so I just let it slide. It's not worth getting precious when your name is unique enough.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThere are no such cases. Everyone in the US is free to change their name if they're unhappy with it.
- cableshaft 8y agoIt's one of the few I would have gotten first try, but they didn't include it in my test. I was still surprised how far off I was on the rest, though. Minaj was the only easy one.
- acranox 8y agoWeirdly, his was the only one I got correct.