Hi Oleg,
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:02:55 +0400GMT (10/01/2000, 23:02 +0800GMT),
Oleg Zalyalov wrote:
OZ> Vice versa. Former Constantinople is called Istanbul officially now.
OZ> BTW in Russian it sounds like Stambul.
In Turkish as well (more like Stanbul, though). The reason is, the
first letter is an "i" without a dot on top, which is pronounced
differently from an "i" with a dot. At the same time, the stress
should be on the second syllable, not on the first as in English.
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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