Talk:Техас

RFV discussion: June–July 2022
RFV-t. Added by. No hits for "Texacul" etc. Pinging also. &mdash; Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 14:35, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Well it's definitely wrong, because Romanian doesn't use Cyrillic. I'll change it to the Latin form, which is what we want to be trying to verify. Theknightwho (talk) 14:43, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Moldovan does, sometimes. But there are no hits for "Техасул" anyway. 98.170.164.88 14:45, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * You're right - I completely forgot about Moldovan. I'll change the translation box to the standard form for that. Theknightwho (talk) 14:47, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The word is in Cyrillic script, so maybe it's Moldovan? Also, с in Cyrillic is equivalent to s in Latin script, so this is just the Cyrillic equivalent of "Texas", not "Texac". But there are no hits for "Техасул" anyway. 98.170.164.88 14:43, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh right, I didn't notice it was in the Cyrillic script. But why would it be spelled with <х> (/h/) then? &mdash; Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 15:04, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The expected form, based on Romanian Texas, would be either Тексас or Текзас, using the substitutions described here. Техас (= Tehas) is the form used in Russian though, reflecting the original Spanish pronunciation, and Moldovan has had more influence from Russian. So you can make up a hypothetical story where it's possible.
 * In reality, though, I was not able to find any hits in Romanian/Moldovan for any of these three potential Cyrillic spellings, either on Google or Twitter. I think it's far more likely that whoever added it made a mistake than that they found some rare Moldovan source discussing Texas in Cyrillic Romanian using the Russian name. 98.170.164.88 15:31, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This must be a mistake - the Romanian word for Texas is Texas. I think the original contributor just happened to copy the Russian word. Robbie SWE (talk) 17:52, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have removed the Romanian (Moldovan) Cyrillic translation, which is dubious and can't be verified. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 05:20, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed. &mdash; Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 17:17, 20 July 2022 (UTC)