Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 08:59:28 -0800

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: Ozark(s) and other plural(s)



The Turkish spelling is "Tu(umlaut)rkiye." "J" is used in Turkish only in

foreign words to represent the sound of French "j" etc. like the Turkish

word "jo(umlaut)n" = French "jeune". The sound of the English "j" is

represented by "C,c"

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Sun, 5 Mar 1995, Donald M. Lance wrote:



On the spelling of 'Turkey' the country. I've read recently that some

prefer a spelling with a -ije (I just can't remember the exact form)

(Turkije, I think) in large part because that spelling would reflect

their own pronunciation of the name. In my earlier posting I should have

referred to Ataturk's (and Turkish linguists') preference for Western

tradtions rather than to power. At the time of the Olympics (I think

that's when it was) there were ads on tv networks advertizing a Turkish

bank. The ad used the Turkish spelling, and there was a brief discussion

of the name in TIME Magazine. The shift to Western ways was, of course,

related to power. Any discussion of power-plays in that part of the

world can quickly drift off into the rough waters off Cyprus and the

craggy mountains of the Kurdish homeland. DMLance