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Calculus Affair: About the cigarette box

#1 · Posted: 25 Mar 2007 04:10

Here's some info connected with Q158 about Macedonia, 'burnt to ashes' in The Calculus Affair.

How is Macedonia spelt in the various Cyrillic languages?

- ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯ in Russian (Ð ÑƒÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹), Bulgarian (Ð‘ÑŠÐ»Ð³Ð°Ñ€ÑÐºÐ¸) & Kazak (KÐ°Ð·Ð°KÑˆÐ°)
- ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜ in Chuvash (Ð§ÄƒÐ²Ð°ÑˆÐ»Ð°)
- ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ†Ð¯ in Belarusian (Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð°Ñ€ÑƒÑÐºÐ°Ñ) & Ukrainian (Ð£ÐºÑ€Ð°Ñ—Ð½ÑÑŒÐºÐ°)
- ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜ÐˆÐ in Macedonian (ÐœÐ°ÐºÐµÐ´Ð¾Ð½ÑÐºÐ¸) & Serbian (Ð¡Ñ€Ð¿ÑÐºÐ¸)

Thus Herge's "ÐœÐÐ—Ð•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð", with its funny Ð— that makes it actually sound as MAZEDONIA, looks more personal than pertaining to a Cyrillic language, including Macedonian itself...

Maybe there's some good reason to it?

motheroftintin
Member

#2 · Posted: 25 Mar 2007 19:47

yamilah
ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯ in Russian (Ð ÑƒÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹)

You're wrong about the Russian spelling(I'm half Russian). It would be ÐœÐÐ¡Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯.

Tintin Quiz
Member

#3 · Posted: 26 Mar 2007 04:38

Isn't this likely just one more of the many faux-foreign words in various Tintin books?

tuhatkauno
Member

#4 · Posted: 26 Mar 2007 12:10

Thanks Tintin Quiz for the information

To be honest I didn't know that the Macedonia Cigarettes pack is in your page. It seems to be extremely difficult to find an issue which hasn't been paid attention to.

yamilah
Member

#5 · Posted: 26 Mar 2007 19:43

motheroftintin
ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯ in Russian (Ð ÑƒÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹)
You're wrong about the Russian spelling(I'm half Russian). It would be ÐœÐÐ¡Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯.

Noways... Google gives 3,840,000 entries for ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯, but not a single one for your funny ÐœÐÐ¡Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯...
Maybe you are mistaken with ÐœÐÐ¡Ð”ÐžÐÐÐ›Ð” (MacDonald)?

tuhatkauno
Member

#6 · Posted: 27 Mar 2007 18:22

Hello

I asked two of my friends (Russian, Bulgarian) how Macedonia should be spelled in Russia and Bulgaria. And they both said ÐœÐÐšÐ•Ð”ÐžÐÐ˜Ð¯ is a correct spelling in Russian as well as in Bulgarian. So Yamilah seems to be right.

Herge's version is his own pseudo-cyrillic language.

motheroftintin
Member

#7 · Posted: 29 Mar 2007 02:43

Oh... Hey, I know the word "Macedonia" only from the times I've read ahead in school- is it pronounced like Masedonia or makedonia?
If it's the second then I'm wrong, because "C"s can only be pronounced "ssss" in Russian.
(If is not, than I'm probably still wrong...)

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