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

>