dogma_i > writes:

> Lewis Perin wrote:
> >>> What about marketing it as Lubiancha?
> >> Might be an uncomfortable name in the FSU, in case that's a target market.
> > I'm guessing you mean Former Soviet Union rather than, say, Florida
> > State University. But why would they be bothered?
>
> Looks/sounds too much like Lubyanka, a name of the worst possible
> repute thereabouts.

Hmm, I see your point. But: as to sound, the A vowel in Bian is like
the E in Plenty; the Bian syllable is unstressed; and Cha doesn't much
sound like Ka, does it? I've no idea how these two words look in
Cyrillic; where is Sasha now that we need him?

/Lew
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