Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 26

= November 26 =

Inscription in COA
What is the inscription in the top and bottom of this emblem? The top is in kazakh and the bottom is in Karakalpak. Please provide the transliteration.--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 04:34, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Kazakh: Жер жүзінің еңбекшілері бірігіңдер = جەرءجۇزىنىڭ ەڭبەكشىلرى، بىرىگىڭدەر!
 * Karakalpak: Бүтин дүнийе мейнеткешлери бирлесинлер = ءبۇتين دۇنىيە مەينەتكەشىلەرى بىرسىڭلەر!
 * --My another account (talk) 21:47, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Elibank
The Master of Elibank was a significant figure in British politics. How is Elibank pronounced? Is the e short or long, likewise the i? Does "Eli" rhyme with Shelley, or is it like the High Priest? Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 10:42, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * May G. Williamson, The Non-Celtic Place-Names of the Scottish Border Counties Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1942 (p. 100) shows: "ELIBANK (Cad): (80, 9 C): Elebank alias Eleburne, 1595 RMS; Eliebank alias Elieburne, 1601 ib; Elybanck, Blaeu. A personal name Eli, may be the first element"m but no clue to the modern pronunciation.
 * However, A phonetic dictionary of the English language by Michaelis, Hermann, b. 1867 p. 116 has the first vowel of Elibank as "e", where The key on p. XI says "e [as in] bed". Alansplodge (talk) 14:07, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I thought it was a short e but wasn't sure if I'd ever heard it said out loud. DuncanHill (talk) 15:38, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * There are several videos of Elibank Castle and Elibank Forest on YouTube, but annoyingly, nobody actually speaks the name (gosh, some unwritten articles there!). Alansplodge (talk) 15:58, 26 November 2018 (UTC)