Re: CHAT: A flat minor (was: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING))
| From: | bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 13:51 |
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--- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
wrote: > --- John Cowan wrote:
>
> > > BTW there is nothing wrong with pronouncing it
> always like [O] anyway,
> >
> > It sounds Southern/Ukrainian, IIRC.
>
> Yes, but that's not the point. One of the first
> things I was taught after
> entering the Eastern Europe Institute: don't
> pronounce Russian geographical or
> personal names too correctly, because in most cases
> it will be considered
> pedantry and gives our discipline a bad reputation.
> I must say I generally
> agree with this guideline.
> The best pronunciation would thus be a compromise.
> Real mistakes, like the
> accent on the wrong syllable, are evidently not
> allowed.
>
errm, /,li@U 'tQlstOI/ for ( iirc ) /l_jef
tVl_j'stOI/. /k&tS@tSUri@n/ for /x@tS@tu'r_jan/ ?
bn
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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre
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