Comments on: Milinkevich in New York Times http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/ belarusian perspectives - the two sides of one blogger Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Milinkevich in New York Times by: Administrator http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-479 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:50:37 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-479 <b>RTR</b>: http://www.partnerstva.org/eng/ - their website RTR: http://www.partnerstva.org/eng/ - their website

]]> Comment on Milinkevich in New York Times by: Administrator http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-478 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:36:52 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-478 Probably it will be very difficult. "Partnerstva" which is one of the NGO's that has experience in doing exit polls, is under fire from KGB. Four of its founders are in KGB jail, as we speak. This year taking opinion polls in Belarus became a dangerous business. Probably it will be very difficult. “Partnerstva” which is one of the NGO’s that has experience in doing exit polls, is under fire from KGB. Four of its founders are in KGB jail, as we speak. This year taking opinion polls in Belarus became a dangerous business.

]]> Comment on Milinkevich in New York Times by: RTR http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-477 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:35:16 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-477 Will there be a possibility to conduct exit polls? Will there be a possibility to conduct exit polls?

]]> Comment on Milinkevich in New York Times by: endrus http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-476 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:59:07 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-476 It was a good idea to send that note, indeed! If you could find addresses of their copy editors, this would be a fast track to mend their spell-checking. As for the article itself, I liked it a lot. Yesterday I went to a small party with a couple of professors and graduate students. One of my instructors handed me this NYT piece. It was great to note how informed he was about our elections - primarily thanks to this article! It was a good idea to send that note, indeed! If you could find addresses of their copy editors, this would be a fast track to mend their spell-checking.

As for the article itself, I liked it a lot. Yesterday I went to a small party with a couple of professors and graduate students. One of my instructors handed me this NYT piece. It was great to note how informed he was about our elections - primarily thanks to this article!

]]> Comment on Milinkevich in New York Times by: Administrator http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-475 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.br23.net/en/2006/02/26/milinkevich-in-new-york-times/#comment-475 P.S. The only problem is how they spell Belarusian. I've sent this e-mail to NYT: To: letters@nytimes.com CC: executive-editor@nytimes.com; managing-editor@nytimes.com Dear New York Times editors: I'd like to make a comment about today's article by Steven Lee Myers about Belarus' elections. It's incorrect to spell the adjective "Belarusian" with two SS's (BelaruSSian). There's no grammatical basis in English for doing that. Furthermore, Rus (Ruthenia) is not Russia, and Belarus means White Ruthenia (White Rus). The correct adjective in English is Belarusian, with one S. You can check English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus or http://www.pravapis.org/ for further details. It is also worth noting that "Belarusian" (with one S) is the most popular and widespread spelling in English, according to Google search results. Kind regards, *** P.S. The only problem is how they spell Belarusian. I’ve sent this e-mail to NYT:

To: letters@nytimes.com
CC: executive-editor@nytimes.com;
managing-editor@nytimes.com

Dear New York Times editors:

I’d like to make a comment about today’s article by Steven Lee Myers about Belarus’ elections. It’s incorrect to spell the adjective “Belarusian” with two SS’s (BelaruSSian). There’s no grammatical basis in English for doing that. Furthermore, Rus (Ruthenia) is not Russia, and Belarus means White Ruthenia (White Rus). The correct adjective in English is Belarusian, with one S. You can check English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus or http://www.pravapis.org/ for further details. It is also worth noting that “Belarusian” (with one S) is the most popular and widespread spelling in English, according to Google search results.

Kind regards,
***

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