Re: Cyrillic Rokbeigalmki Transliterations

Y.Penzev scripsit:

> 3. (No.31) - there's an accurately fitting letter "jery" {bI} for [1] sound!
But IIRC that is very specifically Russian, whereas "iota" is more neutral
though not Russian.

> 4. (No.37) "fita" {8} for [V] is bad... For a Russian ear [V] is much closer
> to [a]. At my English classes boys always mix them... Try "a-grave".
Actually, that is not historic fita, but o-with-dash.  Unicode distinguishes
them.  I agree that it is not a good letter for /V/.

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