Jeff AtwoodThis is extraordinarily well done. https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1i02pcx/a_cool_guide_for_crossover_in_principles_chekhovs/
karamazov1879@codinghorror Time for nitpicking I'm a Russian speaker Checkov I think should be Chekhov. It's a velar continuant not a velar stop.
Derrial Book
@DerrialBook @codinghorror Надо же!
@karamazov1879 @codinghorror
It is only as I was double-checking the Wikipedia spelling I realized that Chekov from ST is not Chekhov.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Chekov
I assume that might have been the cause of error in the original post.
@DerrialBook @codinghorror Chekh means Czech (apparently a Polish spelling) Чех and Chek Чек simply check or maybe cheque. Чехов Чеков, просто так. I spoke with Koenig in the 80s. Said his grandfather was Ukrainian and pronounced the v like a w. Maybe a Volga-German.
Vile Ox@karamazov1879 @DerrialBook @codinghorror
Russian letter "Х" (pronounced 'huh', sounds like /h/, but with more scratchiness/hiss at the back of the tongue) is traditionally transliterated into English as a digraph "Kh", due to that extra scratchiness/hiss. I personally dislike it, I think that single letter 'H' would be adequate.
Чеков does not exist as a last name in Russian. Curiously, in Russian-language Wikipedia article his name is given as Павел Чехов, the same as Антон Чехов.