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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: Name pronunciation
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Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:53:25 GMT
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djohns@grove.ufl.edu (David A. Johns) wrote:
>
> In article <bmoore-030295123838@bmoore.qualcomm.com> bmoore@qualcomm.com (Holoholona) writes:
> 
> # heh.  well, most native american names were considered so
> # unutterable that europeans usually just translated the name to
> # english, eg. "sitting bull" or "rain in the face."
> #
> # why not do that for other foreign names?  christopher columbus
> # would have turned into something like "christbearing dove."
> #
> # what would khrushchev be?
> 
> According to my Smirnitsky Russian-English Dictionary, a _khrushch_ is
> a 'cockchafer'.
> 
> :)
> 
> Um, it's a type of scarab beetle, it seems.
> 
> David Johns

If the surname is of Russian origin (and I have
no reason to doubt it) then it probably is derived
from 'cockchafer' which is a common beatle in
C.Europe as well as common surname in Slav nations.

If it originated from nnother Slav language it
could be related to 'pear', 'cherry', or even 'grain'
(like a grain of salt).

Paul JK


