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by pacaro
1159 days ago
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I just cut and paste the IPA from Wikipedia! For actual pronunciation guidance I asked a native Russian speaker! [Edit: I think it's possible in the IPA that the t is there to make it a harder ch sound like in check, rather than soft as in chagrin or chalet, kindof like the d in Django makes it the hard j common in English, as opposed to the soft j natural in French] |
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My personal pet hate is how Andrei Tchiml's[1] surname creates unnecessary difficulties for English (and other) speakers. It's a simple ch sound at the beginning and yet everyone stumbles on it trying to speak out a mouthful of consonants while they're not there to start with.
French, I think, are particularly having trouble with it.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tchmil
Edit: Tchmil that is.