A recent commentary in another thread offered me advice on Cyrillic alternate titles I was not sure with, so I researched and re-checked. As a result I am kind of shocked at what I have found.
Even if it is true that the only way to write some of the Ukrainian titles is to using Cyryllic symbols in conjunction with Latin ones, "ї" should have never been reflected with "ii", as such symbol is in use in the system due to being in French language. Instead, for reasons beyond my understanding we now have dozens of alternate titles (such as this one) using "ii" to reflect "ї", which is deeply erroneous and nowehere near indicative of how language actually looks.
The case of "ї", of course, is only the tip of the iceberg as Ukrainian language also has unique letters "ґ" and "є" and while the former is not exactly of frequent use, the latter is one of the primary vowels, which is usually quite different from "e" (could be compared to "ye" as opposed to "a").
Even if it is true that the only way to write some of the Ukrainian titles is to using Cyryllic symbols in conjunction with Latin ones, "ї" should have never been reflected with "ii", as such symbol is in use in the system due to being in French language. Instead, for reasons beyond my understanding we now have dozens of alternate titles (such as this one) using "ii" to reflect "ї", which is deeply erroneous and nowehere near indicative of how language actually looks.
The case of "ї", of course, is only the tip of the iceberg as Ukrainian language also has unique letters "ґ" and "є" and while the former is not exactly of frequent use, the latter is one of the primary vowels, which is usually quite different from "e" (could be compared to "ye" as opposed to "a").
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Posted 1 year ago
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