The correct spelling thread

[sashikas]

Spelling gem of a day: Rassia (Russia)

[hagakure]

Lithuanians are very sensitive. If only they knew how many times greek names are being mispelt. I've seen Papadopoulos being spelt 100 different ways.

[PHILIPeurobasket]

Spelling gem of a day: Rassia (Russia)

Oh my God this is great !!!

[YYY]

does he is stupid ...

Classic.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

Iliefski
Tamasevic

[HABIBI]

Yes in the Greek league played a guy named Rantza not Radja

[rusher]

in the U-20 thread I spotted two mistakes in Latvia's player's surnames.

Not Jermonovas but Jeromanovs
Not Carvas (!) but Čavars

Some people think that just like in lithuanian many latvian words have ending -as (I spotted in BBL league away games lithuanians spelled- Skirmantas, Veselovas). But in latvian games there are problems with lithuanian names and surnames- Zidruns Urbons, Giedrus Gusts (I think that's because in our language names and surnames of people from other countries are also spelled and written in latvian- so we have to check Google if we want to write the name or surname in english.)

Latvian names and surnames usually ends with - ts, -ns, -cs, -rs and so on and many surnames (like mine) ends with -is or -e at the end (Kalve) but rarely (and usually these people are lithuanian or used to be some time ago) it's - as, or -ius.

And also- but it's understandable cause most of the foreign people don't have these in their language names like Mārtiņš are written like Martins or sth but in latvian Mārtiņš and Martins are two different names.

[rikhardur]

in the U-20 thread I spotted two mistakes in Latvia's player's surnames.

Not Jermonovas but Jeromanovs
Not Carvas (!) but Čavars

Some people think that just like in lithuanian many latvian words have ending -as (I spotted in BBL league away games lithuanians spelled- Skirmantas, Veselovas). But in latvian games there are problems with lithuanian names and surnames- Zidruns Urbons, Giedrus Gusts (I think that's because in our language names and surnames of people from other countries are also spelled and written in latvian- so we have to check Google if we want to write the name or surname in english.)

Latvian names and surnames usually ends with - ts, -ns, -cs, -rs and so on and many surnames (like mine) ends with -is or -e at the end (Kalve) but rarely (and usually these people are lithuanian or used to be some time ago) it's - as, or -ius.

And also- but it's understandable cause most of the foreign people don't have these in their language names like Mārtiņš are written like Martins or sth but in latvian Mārtiņš and Martins are two different names.

Interesting
Martins is a common Portuguese surname btw, funny to know that Latvian has a similar one.

[elaj]

Lublijana -> Ljubljana

It pisses me off so much.

[LuDux]

Lublijana -> Ljubljana

It pisses me off so much.

Why, are you from Lublijana?

[qiangdade]

Why, are you from Lublijana?

Probably from Liumbliana Sorry elaj, couldn't help it

[Joško Poljak Fan]

Lublijana -> Ljubljana

It pisses me off so much.

...I on the other hand imagine someone actually trying to pronounce Ljubljana the way it's supposed to be written, and it laughs my a$$ out...

[adebisi]

Spelling gem of a day: Rassia (Russia)

Today's winner: Lietuvos Riga (Lietuvos Rytas)

[KokkinosVasilias]

greeks, he's not Maces! he is Macas!

since this is not his name but just a nickname can you tell why it is wrong?

[KokkinosVasilias]

Dirk's surname is Nowitzki, not Nowitcky

in an other forum there were a thread about
the amazing player Dirk NOVICSKI!

[adebisi]

since this is not his name but just a nickname can you tell why it is wrong?

It's just the shorter version of his surname - Macijauskas and we used to call him like that in Lithuania, and Maces prononsation is different and makes no sence...

[qiangdade]

the -as ending is also rather typical: Sabas, Saras, Macas. Never heard of any -es

[KokkinosVasilias]

ok, how about Mace? someone said its correct, why?

[qiangdade]

in an other forum there were a thread about
the amazing player Dirk NOVICSKI!

people who spell that bad should be arrested and put away forever

[mktackabery]

people who spell that bad should be arrested and put away forever

Whoa, remove the plank in thine own eye, ungrammatical man . . . time to start the bad grammar thread! People spell badly. When does basketball start so we can stop talking about this?