From when Paul the Trombonist accidentally texted his wife with voice transcription on while practicing:
July 28, 2026 at 6:22 PM
From when Paul the Trombonist accidentally texted his wife with voice transcription on while practicing:
being inconsistent about transliteration is american jewish praxis
March 7, 2024 at 1:04 AM
being inconsistent about transliteration is american jewish praxis
The proper transliteration is “Xanike.”
As we prepare for the festival of lights we ask you to consider your spelling style guide
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The proper transliteration is “Xanike.”
Correct. "Tsar" is a more accurate transliteration.
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Correct. "Tsar" is a more accurate transliteration.
amen. adaptation, not transliteration. look at any fandom to see what kind of analytical skill brittle, slavish adherence to a text gets you.
I’m going to write an essay about not caring about adaptations are faithful retelling of the books, because what I’m more interested in is what the writers and directors can do with it. Literary nerds making that complaint is as annoying as comic book nerds whine about it.
July 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
amen. adaptation, not transliteration. look at any fandom to see what kind of analytical skill brittle, slavish adherence to a text gets you.
Russia’s national messenger MAX, controlled by the FSB, lists Donetsk as “Donetsʼka Oblastʼ” — using Ukraine’s official transliteration and effectively recognizing it as Ukrainian territory.
August 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Russia’s national messenger MAX, controlled by the FSB, lists Donetsk as “Donetsʼka Oblastʼ” — using Ukraine’s official transliteration and effectively recognizing it as Ukrainian territory.
the moment you know more than one language, any amount of translation / localization / transliteration discourse becomes asinine
April 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
the moment you know more than one language, any amount of translation / localization / transliteration discourse becomes asinine
Periodic Zelensky transliteration update:
Incorrect "Zelenskyy" transliteration (red) still losing badly to correct "Zelensky" transliteration (blue); NAFO posters still seem to be the primary source of error
Incorrect "Zelenskyy" transliteration (red) still losing badly to correct "Zelensky" transliteration (blue); NAFO posters still seem to be the primary source of error
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Periodic Zelensky transliteration update:
Incorrect "Zelenskyy" transliteration (red) still losing badly to correct "Zelensky" transliteration (blue); NAFO posters still seem to be the primary source of error
Incorrect "Zelenskyy" transliteration (red) still losing badly to correct "Zelensky" transliteration (blue); NAFO posters still seem to be the primary source of error
Let's talk about language and transliteration
I must have missed the memo where Chernobyl became Chornobyl. In future can we have a leaflet drop please when a name everyone has used for decades gets changed?
June 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Let's talk about language and transliteration
PSA moment!
It's the former Daniel with a T-. It’s the transliteration of my name, Դանիէլ, from the Western Armenian script. (But I go by Daniel if you meet me.)
It's the former Daniel with a T-. It’s the transliteration of my name, Դանիէլ, from the Western Armenian script. (But I go by Daniel if you meet me.)
Btw, is it:
Taniel, like Daniel, or
Taniel, like The Captain and Tennille?
Taniel, like Daniel, or
Taniel, like The Captain and Tennille?
September 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
PSA moment!
It's the former Daniel with a T-. It’s the transliteration of my name, Դանիէլ, from the Western Armenian script. (But I go by Daniel if you meet me.)
It's the former Daniel with a T-. It’s the transliteration of my name, Դանիէլ, from the Western Armenian script. (But I go by Daniel if you meet me.)
How long until “ojalá” is taken to mean support for Hamas because it’s just the Spanish transliteration of إن شاء الل
June 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
How long until “ojalá” is taken to mean support for Hamas because it’s just the Spanish transliteration of إن شاء الل
Non-Jewish editor friend asked me if it should be Baruch Hashem or Baruch HaShem and I said there are arguments for both and transliteration is always wrong
September 30, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Non-Jewish editor friend asked me if it should be Baruch Hashem or Baruch HaShem and I said there are arguments for both and transliteration is always wrong
⚡️ Kyiv, not Kiev — Kyiv Independent community helps rename street in Oregon.
Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting the correct Ukrainian transliteration and Ukraine's national colors.
Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting the correct Ukrainian transliteration and Ukraine's national colors.
Kyiv, not Kiev — Kyiv Independent community helps rename street in Oregon
Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting both the correct Ukrainian transliteration and the national colors of Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
⚡️ Kyiv, not Kiev — Kyiv Independent community helps rename street in Oregon.
Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting the correct Ukrainian transliteration and Ukraine's national colors.
Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting the correct Ukrainian transliteration and Ukraine's national colors.
Please stop writing CCCP unless your entire text is in Cyrillic. The correct transliteration is SSSR, or you can translate it as USSR. That's all I wanted to say. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Please stop writing CCCP unless your entire text is in Cyrillic. The correct transliteration is SSSR, or you can translate it as USSR. That's all I wanted to say. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
China changing the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name in order to get around their own sanctions on him is extremely funny and I suggest it should be rendered in English as “Marco Wario”
May 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
China changing the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name in order to get around their own sanctions on him is extremely funny and I suggest it should be rendered in English as “Marco Wario”
Gentle Reminder …
American Sign Language (ASL) is its own language independent from English.
It’s not a transliteration of English.
American Sign Language (ASL) is its own language independent from English.
It’s not a transliteration of English.
January 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Gentle Reminder …
American Sign Language (ASL) is its own language independent from English.
It’s not a transliteration of English.
American Sign Language (ASL) is its own language independent from English.
It’s not a transliteration of English.
Pet unreasonable hate: people rendering the cyrillic letter ё as "e" in transliteration
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pet unreasonable hate: people rendering the cyrillic letter ё as "e" in transliteration
Aside from the unfortunate headline that Japan ranked last for average sleep duration in the world, I'm glad to see the survey included nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people in Japan.
Notes:
ノンバイナリー
= transliteration of "nonbinary"
ジェンダー・ノンコンフォーミング
= transliteration of "gender-noncomforming"
Notes:
ノンバイナリー
= transliteration of "nonbinary"
ジェンダー・ノンコンフォーミング
= transliteration of "gender-noncomforming"
Japan has ranked last in the world for average sleep duration for four consecutive years, according to ResMed's 2026 World Sleep Survey. Most JP commenters on social media said this is a systemic issue: work simply doesn't give them the time to rest.
April 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Aside from the unfortunate headline that Japan ranked last for average sleep duration in the world, I'm glad to see the survey included nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people in Japan.
Notes:
ノンバイナリー
= transliteration of "nonbinary"
ジェンダー・ノンコンフォーミング
= transliteration of "gender-noncomforming"
Notes:
ノンバイナリー
= transliteration of "nonbinary"
ジェンダー・ノンコンフォーミング
= transliteration of "gender-noncomforming"
New Hannukah prayer dropped
September 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM
New Hannukah prayer dropped
This correction helpfully contains some variations on the English transliteration of the correct name, Sami
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CW: exonym
Sámi, Sami or Saami are the correct terms
Sámi, Sami or Saami are the correct terms
TIL that Carl Linnaeus based most of his biological classification system on one he learned from the northern Scandinavian Indigenous Lapp people.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This correction helpfully contains some variations on the English transliteration of the correct name, Sami
bsky.app/profile/rika...
bsky.app/profile/rika...
i was today years old when i found out ivan is literally just a transliteration of john
yochanan>ioannes>ivan
yochanan>ioannes>johann>john
yochanan>ioannes>ivan
yochanan>ioannes>johann>john
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
i was today years old when i found out ivan is literally just a transliteration of john
yochanan>ioannes>ivan
yochanan>ioannes>johann>john
yochanan>ioannes>ivan
yochanan>ioannes>johann>john
But listen…what if we didn’t use russian transliteration in military analyses in a poor attempt to sound smarter and just talked like normal people
December 29, 2024 at 6:37 PM
But listen…what if we didn’t use russian transliteration in military analyses in a poor attempt to sound smarter and just talked like normal people
The transliteration of Sextape’s dialect cements Swan Boy’s place as the spiritual heir to Krazy Kat & Ignatz
June 26, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The transliteration of Sextape’s dialect cements Swan Boy’s place as the spiritual heir to Krazy Kat & Ignatz
Greek transliteration needs serious reform
December 4, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Greek transliteration needs serious reform
It also establishes the official use of the Ukrainian transliteration Chornobyl (instead of Chernobyl) in UN materials, including the name of the International Remembrance Day on April 26.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It also establishes the official use of the Ukrainian transliteration Chornobyl (instead of Chernobyl) in UN materials, including the name of the International Remembrance Day on April 26.