Ok, three Russians gave me the pronunciation 's-ch', it sounds almost like English 'sh', and when they transliterate to English they use 'sch'. The 'ch' part did not sound like the German "ich-laut", more like 's' turning into 'sh'.
Dave --- Frank da Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 ===== Dave Possin Globalization Consultant www.Welocalize.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/locales/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
