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MiG - Whats in a name?
:cool:Ive been doing a bit of russian study lately, trying to build up a working knowledge of the language.
interesting thing i seem to have come across in the well known name MiG. we all know its for mikoyan and gurevich. what i didnt realise, is that its just that.... M for mikoyan, and G for gurevich, with the i in the middle denoting the concept of "and". so its literally m and g, reading as MiG. i hope ive got that right, perhaps a native speaker might correct me if im wrong? still, there you go, now you know. |
Wow
Thanks for posting, I love stuff like this. |
Then why not "LiGiG"?
I could be wrong, but I think it's nothing more than a coincidence. EDIT: MiG in Russian sounds like "meeg" "M and G" would sound like "em ee geh" |
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Although a bit of digging comes up with La as Lavochkin Association, though that could be a later development. Plays on words could well be the answer, not to mention how different companies choose how to name their products. Sukhoi for instance, Cy-25, Su-25. Its entirely possible the Mi in MiG could be Mikoyan based. Микоян и Гуревич - Mikoyan and Gurevich - МиГ - MiG Russian has a case system, very significant coincidence in my mind, perhaps too significant: и is pronounced like the i in itch or big, M is the same as the english M, Г is a g sound like goal or gutter. Food for thought. (em ee geh? do you say buh em wuh for BMW? there are different more suitable ways to pronounce anything) |
You're completely right. All our aircraft are named after their constructor.
Сухой - Су - Sukhoi - Su Туполев - Ту - Tupolev - Tu Ильюшин - Ил - Ilyushin - IL Лавочкин - Ла - Lavochkin - La Микоян и Гуревич - МиГ - Mikoyan and Gurevich - MiG Антонов - Ан - Antonov - An Яковлев - Як - Yakovlev - Yak Likewise for helicopters. Also word mig in Russian means instant. |
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(I don't know where you're from, so excuse me) but Russian letters aren't pronounced like English ones. So, "M and G" would not be "em i djee" but closer to what I wrote earlier (em ee geh). However, it's simply MiG, "meeg". Quote:
Saqson, you're Russian, help us decide! :-P Quote:
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Whenever an abbreviation is easily spelled, it will stick as a word, and consequently many'd even be composed that way in the first place - backronyms. |
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excellent, thanks to all for the clarification.
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