Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Padraic Brown wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
>
>>My first name is Vasiliy (I believe it should be pronounced vuh-SEE-lee
>>in English). My surname is Chernov (approximately, cheer-NAWF; rolled
>>'r', please ;) ). Like all Russians, I also have a patronymic (not
>>exactly a middle name, by no means a part of the surname): Yevgenyevich
>>(hard 'g', stress on -gen-). I don't expect to hear it often, though.
>
>In typically English fashion, I've been reading it as /'vaes.I.li
>'Cr.nav/
Also in typically English fashion, I ignored the big hard word! ;)
Let's see, that would be /jEv...gEn..jE.vIC/ at first, with a lot of
squinting while trying to sort it out; then once all the sounds are in
place, /jEv'gEn.jE.vIC/

Padraic.