People on television (especially on Channel Two) say and write "South Ossetian." And in the reporters’ room at "Echo of Moscow" (a Russian radio station), I remember it like it was yesterday, there was a notice hanging up: ** "The adjective derived from South Ossetia is SOUTH OSSETIAN" **Here we have yet another clash between liberals and hardliners. I say "South Ossetian." In this case, I trust the liberals more, and I remember that Echo’s reporters get chewed out for mistakes in word pronunciation.