Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Bela Bartok(or Bartok Bela)
From: "Andrew S Jordan" <andrewsjordan@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 03:59:53 -0500
 
Chandos: Yes, it is indeed Barto'k Be'la in Hungarian. And, of course,
Kerte'sz Andor. The apostrophe should be actually above the vowel signifyin
a "long" o and e, respectively, as in joke and lace. I think a similar
convention-positioning the last name first- applies in Vietnamese and other
Asian languages as well.

Regards, Andrew Jordan(aka, Jorda'n Endre on my birth certificate)

>
> And, just to interject enough pedantry to bring the note up to LUG
> standards, I was once lectured that the name is actually "Bartok Bela,"
> something to do with Hungarian naming conventions.  Anyone know anything
> about this?
>
> Chandos
>