ErliCosaurus _cannot_ be said Er-li-So-sau-rus

[Stang1996@aol.com]

Dinogeorge@aol.com said (quoting Jonathan Wagner):

> >Is it possible that the Russian version spelling was a
> >typesetter/editor error (since we all know that "c" in Cyrillic is
> >always soft, and "k" is used exclusively for the hard sound)?
>
> So you would say the authors originally spelled it _Erlicosaurus_, but
> an editor saw the "c," figured the name would be mispronounced
> AIR-liss-uh-SAW-rus, and changed it to a "k"? Interesting theory.

I seriously doubt this.  It was originally spelled with a k, which in
both Cyrillic and Roman alphabets is pronounced like 'K.'  It was then
decided that it should be a 'C' instead.  I seriously see no logic to
this at all whatsoever period.  If he spelled it witha K to begin
with, it should be obvious that he wanted an unvoiced gutteral
(i.e. K) sound (not hard 'c'.....grr to whomever made up soft and hard
c.....) in the word.  If for some reason he actually wanted an
unvoiced sibulant (i.e. S) sound (not soft 'c'....grr.....) he should
have put in an S, not a C; because it should be obvious to all of you
out there that ErliKosaurus and ErliCosaurus are pronounced exactly
the same way with absolutely no difference at all whatsoever.  This is
what I don't understand, if he wanted an S he should have known that C
is always said like 'K' when followed by a A, U, or O (like it is in
Erlikosaurus).

Peter Buchholz
Stang1996@aol.com

Boy do I hate the letter c...... and q....... and x........ and g for
that matter........