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[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

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> My transliterations are based on the spelling given in my Russian
> dictionary.  The frequent appearance of "Ts" at the beginning of the
> name suggests that the Cyrillic spelling may not be fixed either.
> (Nobody would transliterate the Cyrillic "ch" letter to "ts", so it
> seems like somebody must have written it in Cyrillic with the "ts" at
> some point.)

In some languages (Dutch notably) the C^ is phonetically best
represented with "Ts", since "Ch" either sounds like a Spanish "J" as
in "Don Juan" or like a "sh" as in "Sherry".  That could explain the
appearance of Ts.

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