[Steppes] Katja or Katya

Jay Rudin rudin at ev1.net
Thu Aug 21 08:14:47 PDT 2008


Emma wrote:

> ISO Katja
>
> Or is it Katya?

Both are equally right, or equally wrong.  It's a Russian name, and their 
Cyrillic alphabet doesn't quite line up with ours.  The Cyrillic spelling 
has only four letters, and the last one is usually transliterated "ja" or 
"ya".

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin, keeper of useless trivia




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