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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Name pronunciation
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iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski) wrote:
>In article <FURUFURU.95Feb11205908@kongming.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp> furufuru@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Furue Ryo) writes:
>>A friend of mine who is
>>majoring in Runssian said that "Tchaikovsky" should be pronounced
>>_chee-KOF-skee_.  The spelling "chai" is pronounced _cha-i_ as in
>>"chaika" if it has a stress, but it is pronounced _chee_ if not.
>
>That may be the case in Runssian (whatever that may be), but in Russian
>it is not.  Next time you meet that Runssian major of a friend of yours,
>tell him to claim his tuition fee back from his school.

Somebody else posted about unstressed R. vowels to be
pronounced either shwa or /I/.  Never heard that before
myself.  I thought then, we had to be talking about
different languages. :-)  Now I see we sure were :-)

Or have I gone gaga, completely senile?
(I haven't had a single opportunity to use my Russian for
last 25 years so it heavily corroded)

Paul JK



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