Re: Yers (was Re: Apologies)

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Isaac Penzev wrote:

> K'tabba John Cowan:
>
>
> > It's estimated that 3% of all pre-reform Russian text consisted
> > of redundant final hard signs, and in Bulgarian the figure is
> > more like 12%.
>
> But!
> Yers are pronounced in Bulgarian as [7]. I'm especially fond of the word _ßÇßÌ_
> ["7g75] 'corner'.
>
> -- Yitzik
>
This is in the new orthography.  For example, I have a book printed in 1944
(Jordan Jovkov's "Staroplaninski Legendi".)  In there, the yers are silent
when word-final, as in Russian.  There is also still used two other signs,
which I've forgotten the names of, so I'll draw little pictures:
  ---
  \ /
  /|\   which is usually corresponds to  'yer' (but is used in 'ca' [they] are)
 / | \
and

 |
-+-
 |
 |\   which usually corresponds to 'e'
 | \
 ---


--Apollo

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