User talk:Pirttinen

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Alternative spellings

The alternative spellings header was banned earlier this year, see my edit diff. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:46, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, thank you. Pirttinen 12:47, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

And thank you for the Karelian entries! Mglovesfun (talk) 12:48, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem. :-) Pirttinen 12:50, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

All fixed now. Pirttinen 13:07, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

N’u Jork

What's the reason for using ’ instead of '? ' is considered standard on Wiktionary. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:03, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Because they use ’ in Karelian. Pirttinen 21:05, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

It is indicating the non-palatalization of the preceding consonant before a soft vowel. Like ь in Russian. Pirttinen 21:08, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Ahh. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)