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От : Ardith Hinton 1:153/716 08 окт 24 18:36:08
К : Alexander Koryagin 08 окт 24 04:48:01
Тема : Strange a bit
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Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:
AH> The author, BTW, is generally known Over Here as
AH> A. A. Milne.... :-)
[...]
AK> I asked about the second name.
Oh, I see. I`d describe the initials here as representing a
person`s given names and "Milne" as a surname or family name.
I understand these things work a bit differently WRT Russian
names... and to complicate matters, a person`s given name may also be the
mother`s maiden name and/or another individual`s surname where I come from.
AK> How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you
AK> never saw it written.
Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I`d never seen or heard
this name before I might employ the latter until I had time to
investigate further.
YMMV because I live in a country where most people speak English,
but I`d probably start with the Vancouver telephone directory. When I
see there are +/- 100 entries for "Milne" but none for "Miln" I
believe the former is correct.
When I recognize it as the name of a well-known author I have
various other choices. I can consult a modern English/English dictionary
which includes some proper nouns where older ones don`t. I can check the
card catalogue at the public library. I can ask the nearest English
major, elementary school teacher, teacher/librarian, etc. Or I can search
the Internet... which may sometimes for whatever reason be more easily
said than done wherever one happens to live. :-)
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
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