Illya

[rachaeljurassic.livejournal.com]

I know this is contentious but in Ukraine there are definitely two 'l's in Illya. As opposed to the Russian one occupying second place.

Forgive me if this has been discussed to death but I'm new around here and I've always thought that two 'l's is correct.

Also, I'm confined to my apartment for two weeks and may become increasingly crazy.....

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Thanks for straightening that out!

[the-wretching.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I never heard that two "L"s was correct anywhere.
I heard it had been misspelt by the writers and gradually noticed the Russian single-L spelling here and there and figured that the double-L was indeed not the "correct" spelling.

So thanks very much for the post. It's definitely news to me.

Why are you stuck in your apartment for so long? Is it Sandy-related? Hope you can channel some would-be crazy into some more mfu posts.

Re: Thanks for straightening that out!

[rachaeljurassic.livejournal.com]

I guess the first time I checked it out was when I noticed somebody saying that two l's was incorrect (I hadn't really thought about it), so I looked it up in Ukrainian: Ілля

I know he's not definitely Ukrainian but we do know he spent time in Kiev as a boy so it seems a reasonable (if not inevitably correct) assumption.

I'm stuck in my apartment because I am getting over a minor operation and can't go back to work till next Wednesday. Not a huge problem, that, but it's odd not being able to just pop out somewhere. The last time was exactly four years ago when I had chicken pox and was quarantined for three weeks. I know when it was because the US elections were on that time too!

Hopefully I will get some writing or vid making done...

Re: Thanks for straightening that out!

[the-wretching.livejournal.com]

Let's not forget that parents can think themselves clever with alternative/foreign spellings. I don't know how common that would have been in Russia in the 30's--I'm thinking nothing like now in the US. Still, I had such a parent in the late 70s. And I can tell you, it's really a pain in the ass to have a name people don't understand without a few repetitions and never know how to spell. Oh, to have been a Jane...

I hope you are recovering well. Boredom is a sure sign of successful recovery.

Re: Thanks for straightening that out!

[rachaeljurassic.livejournal.com]

I don't know about random spellings but they made a load of names up:

Marksena (Marx and Engels), Vladlen (Vladimir Lenin), Engelina, Ninel, Marlen, Vi, Melor. Not sure I'd be so happy with some of those. Like you say, you'd have to keep explaining. Especially the last one. "No, it's M.E.L.O.R, for Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution"!!!!!!

And I am recovering well, thanks. I am a bit of a hermit anyway so it's not a huge chore.