> I will take a walk to the other side of our building and visit a > Russian software consulting company (they represent Russian software > companies in the US). Let's see how many different opinions I'll get > there. ;-) > Yes, please! I had four different Russian teachers and one of them was Russian, and they all used the schoolbook pronunciation (schtsch), plus when I went to Moscow, I don't recall hearing the well-known words that contain that letter being pronounced any differently than I heard in school. Also I've never heard a recording of Volga Boatman where they didn't hit it hard :-)
- Frank

