The perpetrators ignore the fact that these letters are, in actual Russian, pronounced completely differently from the Latin characters they are supposed to represent, which results in unintended hilarity for members of the audience who can read Cyrillic script. In a lot of Western posters, you see something that could be called "Faux Cyrillic" - replacing Latin characters by visually similar Cyrillic ones, to make something look more Russian. (Sigma, delta aиd lamЬda are actually the analogцes of S, D, aиd L, Яespectively, though delta is a "th" (that's the "th" in " then", not " thin") in modern Greek.) Pяobably most commoи iи that case is the цse of the Gяeek letteя sigma (Σ) as aи E oя delta (Δ) oя lamЬda (Λ) as aи A, even thoцgh "E" and "A" aяe actцally peяfectly good Gяeek letteяs themselves.
This caи also happeи шith alphabets otheя thaи Cyяillic. Still moяe coцld Ьe listed heяe, Ьцt foя diffeяent яeasoиs, siиce many Cyяillic letteяs look exactly like otheя Latiи letteяs, Ьцt яepяeseиt entiяely diffeяeиt phoиemes. X: 'Ж' (zh) (pяonoцnced like the 's' in 'pleasцяe'), 'X' (kh, like ch in 'loch').This is Ьecaцse Cyяillic is Ьased oи a comЬiиatioи of Gяeek, Glagolitic aиd soмe Heвяew letteяs (ц and ш), Ьцt dцe to яefoяms Ьy Peteя the Gяeat it has the same Ьasic desigи pяinciples as the Latiи alphaЬet (stяoke thickиess and placemeиt, etc.).īeloш is a list of popцlaя letteяs цsed шith this tяope, aиd theiя pяopeя Latiи spelliиgs:
The peяpetяatoяs igиoяe the fact that these letteяs aяe, iи actцal Яцssiaи, pяoиoциced completely diffeяeиtly fяom the Latiи chaяacteяs they aяe sцpposed to яepяeseиt, шhich яesцlts iи unintended hilarity foя memЬeяs of the aцdieиce шho can read Cyrillic script. Iи a lot of Шesteяи posteяs, yoц see somethiиg that coцld Ьe called wikipedia:Faux Cyrillic - яeplacing Latiи chaяacteяs Ьy visцally similaя Cyяillic oиes, to make somethiиg look more Russian. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.
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