The city's patron deity was Nanna ( in Akkadian Sin ), the Sumerian and Akkadian ( Assyrian-Babylonian ) moon god, and the name of the city is in origin derived from the god's name, being the classical Sumerian spelling of LAK-32. UNUG < sup > KI </ sup >, literally " the abode ( UNUG ) of Nanna ( LAK-32 )".

A notorious murder scandal, the Overbury case, threw up two imperfect anagrams that were aided by typically loose spelling and were recorded by Simonds D ' Ewes: ' Francis Howard ' ( for Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset, her maiden name spelled in a variant ) became Car findes a whore, with the letters E hardly counted, and the victim Thomas Overbury, as ' Thomas Overburie ', was written as O!

Amos Bronson, the oldest of eight children, later changed the spelling to " Alcott " and dropped his first name.

As a teenager, she changed the spelling of her name to " Abbie " before choosing to use only " May ".

In Gnostic cosmology, the 7 letters spelling its name represent each of the 7 classic planets — Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

Variations of the spelling of his name include Abd ar-Rahman I, Abdul Rahman I and Abderraman I.

** BACH motif, a sequence of notes spelling his name

The spelling of his name was changed after the beginning of the series ; his nameplate and office door spells his surname " McVicar " in early episodes.

Beltane () is the anglicised spelling of the Goidelic name for either the month of May or the festival held on the first day of May.

Irish bua ( Classical Irish buadh ), Buaidheach, Welsh buddugoliaeth ), and that the correct spelling of the name in the British language is Boudica, pronounced ( the closest English equivalent to the vowel in the first syllable is the ow in " bow-and-arrow ").

Some older astronomy books give an alternative spelling of the name, Camelopardus.

Also, if a caller has an unusual name, they will inquire about the spelling, pronunciation, and / or origin of their name.

He changed the spelling of his name in 1734, because the fact that his surname ' Home ' was pronounced ' Hume ' in Scotland was not known in England.

The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as " Datson " to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car.

Accounts vary as to how and when the German name Eisenhauer was changed to a more American spelling of Eisenhower.

Today English speakers generally attempt something close to the modern Spanish pronunciation when saying Quixote ( Quijote ), as, although the traditional English spelling pronunciation pronouncing the name with the value of the letter x in modern English is still sometimes used, resulting in or.

On occasion, the names of characters themselves actually seem to have been altered: the spelling of the name of Homer ’ s character Polydamas, Pouludamas, appears to be an alternative rendering of the metrically unviable Poludamas (“ subduer of many ”).

Those without knowledge of Irish omitted the dot, spelling the name as Dublin.

He worked for various newspapers in the Rocky Mountain area ; at one of those, the spelling of his last name was changed from " Runyan " to " Runyon ," a change he let stand.

The town's name ( with the archaic spelling ) continues to form part of the title to The Royal Irish Regiment ( 27th ( Inniskilling ) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment ).

Geoffrey of Monmouth Latinised this to Caliburnus ( likely influenced by the medieval Latin spelling calibs of Classical Latin chalybs, from Greek " χάλυψ ", " steel "), the name of Arthur's sword in his 12th-century work Historia Regum Britanniae.

The name Yale is the English spelling of the Welsh place name, Iâl.

In India, the spelling Xavier is almost always used, and the name is quite common among Christians, especially in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and more common in Goa.

In the First Folio his name is spelled " Falstaffe ", so Shakespeare may have directly appropriated the spelling of the name he used in the earlier play.

Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among people with dyslexia are difficulty with spelling, phonological processing ( the manipulation of sounds ), and / or rapid visual-verbal responding.

Pronunciation also varies ; there is no approved " correct " spelling and pronunciation.

This ' cz ' spelling is against the usage of all Slavonic languages ; although the spelling varies, Slavonic languages use the ' ts ' pronunciation, and usually that spelling in the Romanised form.

In Mussorgsky family documents, the spelling of the name varies: ' Musarsky ', ' Musersky ', ' Muserskoy ', ' Musirskoy ', ' Musorsky ', and ' Musursky '.

The spelling of " taekwondo " varies widely in English usage.

He was also art director on most of the early films, editor or co-editor on many of them ( often credited as Franz Walsh, though the spelling varies ), and he acted in nineteen of his own films as well as for other directors.

The name " Plaistow " has been suggested to come from Sir Hugh de Plaitz ( spelling varies ) who, in 1065, married Philippa de Montfitchet, of the Mountfitchet Castle family, who owned the district.

Lady Godiva's name occurs in charters and the Domesday survey, though the spelling varies.

The pronunciation and spelling of bagel varies among communities.

Although the spelling of Chaucer's English varies from that of Modern English, his works can be read with minimal assistance.

The spelling of Dunblane varies wildly between these documents, casting some doubt as to the actual derivation from the Gaelic.

Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk ( spelling varies ; see below ) was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete ( a mixture of wood pulp and ice ), for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time.

Knight Floris van Roozemond ( spelling varies with o / oo, s / z and d / dt ), accompanied by the Indian Sindala ( Bergman ), returns home from a trip around the world only to find his castle occupied by Maarten van Rossum, the commander in chief of Charles, Duke of Guelders.

The spelling of the character's name varies from source to source, and he has been alternately shown as both Michelangelo and Michaelangelo.

** the suffix is very popular in Russian last names, but the spelling varies and both -⟨ цын ⟩ and -⟨ цин ⟩ are possible, Ельцин is an example,

The cottise ( the spelling varies — sometimes only one t and sometimes c instead of the s ) originated as an alternative name to cost ( see above ) and so as a diminutive of the bend, most commonly found in pairs on either side of a bend, with the bend being blazoned either as between two cottises or as cottised.

The original meaning of " Endor " is unknown and its spelling in Hebrew varies.

Bless This House centres around life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott ( note: the spelling of their surname varies ; the opening credits of early series one episodes spell it " Abbot " while in the closing credits it is spelt " Abbott ") and his wife Jean live with their teenage children, Mike, who is fresh from art college and more preoccupied with protests than finding a job, and Sally, a trendy schoolgirl.

The spelling of his surname varies from one script to another ; it is alternately rendered as Macrimmon and McCrimmond.

The spelling of the second name varies somewhat, including Cheetem, Cheater, Cheethem and Cheatham.

Even the spelling of his name varies a great deal, although " Tristan " is the most popular spelling.