Talk:Faux Cyrillic

message: Too common of a resemblance between Cyrillic N (Н) and Latin H to make the list?
71.241.95.179 (talk) 10:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Тhе whоlе роіnt оf fаuх-Суrіllіс іѕ tо ѕuggеѕt thе dіѕtіnсtіvе арреаrаnсе оf Суrіllіс.  Сhаrасtеrѕ ѕuсh аѕ В,Ѕ,Н,Р,С dоn't соntrіbutе tо thаt (аѕ І hоре thіѕ соmmеnt іlluѕtrаtеѕ). —Tamfang (talk) 05:11, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: No mention of Н (Cyrillic letter N)

message: I have added a section describing a sort of opposite practice -- using Latin letters (plus a few numbers) to write Russian words in readable Cyrillic, as for example on automobile "vanity tags." Also, I do have available two example photos that I've taken recently, but I'm not sure about the privacy issues involved in uploading photos of a stranger's license plate (although I've already Photoshopped out such identifying details as the issuing U.S. state, and have cropped out the car maker's logos, etc.)Throbert McGee 00:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the DVD of the Hunt for the Red October, and on the introduction (after the boat sails away, and the black screen appears with the title), I can confirm that the title appears in perfect Russian, and then the fonts "swipe/turn" (some kind of cool "morph-like" effect, to the correct title in English (roman alphabet). --Pinnecco 00:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section added 

message: In issues of The Flash from the late 1980s, faux Cyrillic in dialog ballons was used to indicate that the character was speaking in Russian.  (Similarly, they used English letters styled to look like kanji to indicate Chinese.)  This might bear mentioning in this article.
207.31.229.4 20:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The same was done in American Flagg! a few years earlier, if memory serves. Likely more comics have done it than would be worth listing. —Tamfang (talk) 05:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Comic Books 

message: Add "# Support" or "# Oppose" on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~. Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
====Survey - in support of the move====
#Support as nominator.  — AjaxSmack    18:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Survey 

message: #Support as nominator.  — AjaxSmack    18:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in support of the move

message: #Oppose. Common term. `'mikka 01:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in opposition to the move

message: The stuff about licence plates is entertaining, and perhaps it is related to informal romanizations of Russian, but it has nothing to do with graphic design or typography. —Michael Z. 2007-06-18 14:21 Z
: I've removed a lot of random but only slightly related material.  The Paul McCartney album title is simply in Russian, not some form of reverse faux Latin.  The licence plate material may warrant its own article if it can be adequately sourced, but it is a pop-culture phenomenon, and not a graphic-design practice.  Please note the articles Russian Chat Alphabet, Translit, Volapuk encoding, and Informal romanizations of Russian, which are related topics (and possibly should be merged). —Michael Z. 2007-06-18 15:01 Z
Chochopk, please don't revert without responding in talk.  I think I've explained why the material I removed was irrelevant to this article, or simply factually incorrect.  If I'm wrong, please discuss instead of reverting. —Michael Z. 2007-06-19 06:09 Z
:Perhaps the "Real" Cyrillic written with Latin typefaces material could go in the Volapuk encoding article, as an example of usage? --catslash 08:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Speaking of license plates, I noticed an interesting phenomenon when I was in Russia -- Russian license plates only make use of Cyrillic letters that look exactly like Latin letters. Benwing (talk) 06:48, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Licence plates 

message: --
The phonetic example for pronouncing for В (Ve) is vase, this is ambigous as it doesnt clarify whether it means British English or American English (vah-se or vay-se), should there not be a different example maybe? BritBoy (talk) 15:34, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the Cyrillic equivalent of the Latin consonant 'V'. I don't think it matters which vowel follows it in the example - but feel free to pick an alternative (van perhaps?). --catslash (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phonetics 

message: In April 137.186.84.54 added an WP:NPOV tag (among others), with the comment An utter lack of sources both makes it feel as though this is original research and NPOV is unverifiable without sources. This approaches a personal essay and not an article. The original research charge seems well grounded, but I struggle to see how this article could have a non-NPOV. Since 137.186.84.54 did not elaborate the NPOV problem on this talk page, it's impossible to respond to this charge. Therefore I'm just 
going to remove this tag. Please explain the apparent bias here before replacing the tag. Thanks, --catslash (talk) 14:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:NPOV|Neutral point of view]]

message: Are there ever any cases of Faux Latin in Russia or any other Cyrillic country?TheRealdeal (talk) 06:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faux Latin? 

message: I deleted this section because russians don't care about misuse of cyrilic letters. It is odd but not aggressive or something. It's actually funny. 95.53.138.175 (talk) 12:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian attitude 

message: In my browser's default font, г is slanted rather than curvy, so the entry about its use for 's' or 'z' may be bewildering to some; could a note be added to the table? —Tamfang (talk) 05:18, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - it doesn't look anything like an s or a z in the font I'm seeing it in - it looks like r. -- 80.3.191.13 (talk) 03:18, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  italic г 

message: I feel the urge to share this: I got a Russian spam with some phone numbers, in which 0=О, 1=I, 3=З (z), 4=Ч (Č), 6=б (b). —Tamfang (talk) 15:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cyrilleet! 

message: This article contains the template , but where is the original research?  There is some unreferenced material , and some trivia, but not original research.--DThomsen8 (talk) 08:05, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is the original research? 

message: The same phenomenon happens with Greek letters all the time.  See for example the movie "My Big Fat GrΣΣk Wedding" where the e's are replaced by sigmas.  American fraternities and sororities do this all the time.  I find it pretty laughable.  It's a related topic, but I don't know enough examples to make a full article about it.  So I just thought I'd mention it here.
: I agree with the unsigned comment above. Example here: Saturn (store). Bye. --134.147.174.97 (talk) 18:51, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Other example: Youtube video. --134.147.174.97 (talk) 00:25, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

text: What about RLZKSR instead of RAZER? --134.147.174.79 (talk) 14:02, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

text: DRLGON instead of DRAGON: it seems there's a predilection to fake lambdas. I found something similar with a Renault logo but I do not remember the name of the model. --134.147.45.13 (talk) 22:10, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

text: Or even GRSSK for GREEK... --134.147.45.13 (talk) 22:10, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

text: See Foreign_branding#Greek_characters_in_Latin_contexts. --M5 (talk) 15:55, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Article: Faux Greek? 

message: The article says 'In Call of Duty: Finest Hour, when doing the Eastern campaign you can see many poster and banners written in Cyrillic. Also in the intro movie you can see a banner written in Cyrillic'. The article isn't about Cyrillic, it's about faux Cyrillic. I don't have access to that game so can't confirm if the game contains Cyrillic or faux Cyrillic, so am leaving it to somebody else to correct this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.100.191.84 (talk) 11:09, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Videogames - Call of Duty: Finest Hour 

message: The recent trimming of this article  could have been more selective. While the list of examples may have grown too large, some should be retained to illustrate the point. Also, what could be more relevant than Foreign branding? --catslash (talk) 20:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-selective culling 

message: Should "Pyccknn" (which are the rough Latin characters for русский, the Russian name for the Russian language) redirect here, because when I typed it in I was expecting to go to the article on the Russian language.--Snakespeaker (talk) 23:22, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You would be closer if you wrote "Pycckuu". But no, this isn't "faux Cyrillic", but rather "faux Latin". And if you really expected there to be a redirect to Russian language... Well, whatever.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.142.151 (talk) 13:37, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyccknn redirect 

message: It doesn't have to have to do with Russia, Soviet Union or Slavic culture at all. Most people use it on the Internet to be fancy because letters look reversed. --2.245.167.254 (talk) 21:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose 

message: Are there any apps that can do Faux Cyrillic? Cyrillicfan (talk) 21:09, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apps?