The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
NAME SPELLED 81 Ways.
Admiral Rozhestvensy Proves Puz
zle to WriteFs--Admiral Very's
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@le 20 WriteFs--Admiral very'6
Comment.
The recent premature announce
ment OF the death of the Russian Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky has caused
Lieut.. Commander Frank Marble, u.
>. ~. to find out many ways there
are, right and wrong, of spelling the
name OF the Russian commander in
tae battle Of the Sea of Japan. There
are Just 81 such ways, according to
commander Marble, and Rear Admir-
al Samuel W. Very, U. s. ~, has TAX
en- Commander Marbles table as the
subject OF an interesting letter that
ne has written to Col. William G.
Church, the editor Of The Army and
Navy Journal, which letter appeared
in yesterdays issue of that paper.
Inc recent premature announce
ment OF the death of prominent off,
Ger OF the Russian navy" Admiral
Very writes to Col Church, "and the
subsequent contradiction, have re-
vlved the diversified spelling of the
name in the daily press, as well as
In journals more or less intimately
associated with naval matters. The
correct spelling is used by very
limited number of writer's. and
many others use the spelling which
Is correct in the French language,
from which the greater part of our
information was derived in the begin
ming of Rozhestvensky's prominence
in the war with Japan, and from
which at the present time many
translations are appearing.
But in rendering into English it
is incorrect to retain the j, which in
French represents the sound of the
corresponding Russian letter, but
which in English should be replaced
by the compound 'zh.' The adjective
derived from the noun 'rozhdestvo,'
meaning birth or nativity, and in a
more restricted sense Christmas may
be spelled with or without the rozh-
destvensky or rozhestvensky, but the
proper name, Rozhestvensky, is in the
case of the Vice Admiral spelled
without the d. The name is ac-
cented on the second syllable, 'Ros-
Zhest-ven-sky.
Il give herewith a list, for which I
am indebted to Lieut. Commander
Frank Marble, U. S. N, of 81 spell
ings of the Russian name, all except
the 33d and 36th, taken from newspa-
per articles. Note particularly the
lavish use of the alphabet in No. o."
The table is prepared by Command
er Marble and to which Admiral Very
refers is as follows:
/. Rhodjestvensky.
2. RhoidestveRsky.
g.. Rhojestvenski.
A. Rodjestvensky.
5. Rodjestvensky.
6. Rodjestvenskyk.
Z. Rodjvestwensky.
8. Rodjestwenski.
8. Rodjestwensky.
10. Rodjeswensky.
IL. Rodjetsvensky.
-. Rodjovensky.
.13. Rodjvestensky.
IA. Rogestyensky.
Is. Rohdjestvensky.
16. Rohjestvensky.
IL. Rojdestvensky.
10. Rojestsvensky.
10. Rojestvenski.
20. Rojestvensky.
81. Rojestwensky.
%. Roshdiestvenschie.
%. Rosjenvensky.
"a. Rosjestvensky.
25. Rostgestwensky.
81. Rostjestvensl1y.
81. Rostjestvenski.
20. Rostjestvensky.
80. Rostjestwensky.
80. Rostjestwensky.
81. Rostjevensky.
80. Rosenvensky.
SS. Rozhdestvenski.
"a. Rozhdestvensky.
35. Rozhdiestvensky.
SO. Rozhestvenski.
81. Rozhestvensky.
Aerial Topography.
This is not such a contradiction in
terms as it may seem. Recent explor-
alton of the atmosphere has revealed
an astonishing deflniteness of arrange
ment in it's layers, although, of course,
the details are continually changing.
Recently Capt c. H. Ley, in England,
has directed his studies of floating bal
looms to a solution of the question of
the influence on the state of the air
above it. He finds, among other