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    Words with lots of Zs and Bs like zub sound funny because they sound like something a baby would say сюсюканье lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Layne
    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced.
    You must be british (or something)! If you're talking about american english that would be the most rediculous statment I've ever heard.
    Do you mean that R IS pronounced in "weather"? Wow!
    BTW, the most funny russian word I know is "выхухоль".

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    BTW, the most funny russian word I know is "выхухоль".
    Это слово и для многих русских звучит смешно
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Всех выхухоленй не отхохолить не перезахохолить и не перевыхухолить!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Words with lots of Zs and Bs like zub sound funny because they sound like something a baby would say сюсюканье lol
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    Придёт весна и яркое солнце
    Растопит лёд старых обид глупых.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Quote Originally Posted by Layne
    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    The R at the end of Weather isn't really pronounced.
    You must be british (or something)! If you're talking about american english that would be the most rediculous statment I've ever heard.
    Do you mean that R IS pronounced in "weather"? Wow!
    I always found it surprising that in most dictionaries they say that "r" in the words like "weather" is pronounced in American English however I NEVER hear it pronounced (except for by people speaking with strong foreign accents). But even if the problem is in my ears, it's certanly not pronounced like "r" in "road" for example.
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    So what does 'wheather' sound like to everone? I can picture a british person saying something like 'whea-thah' but I promise you the R is very prominantly spoken, at least in my region. I find that I say the R's in wheather and road very much the same way.

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    Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.
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    Yes I do, although the R sound is a little shorter in the recording than I'm used to hearing.

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    Interesting.
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    May we all have a vision now and then
    Of a world where every neighbour is a friend"

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    I always pronounce the "r" in weather.

    Anyway, here is another word that I find strange - парикмахерская
    Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

    Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Friendy
    Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.
    I do.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Layne
    So what does 'wheather' sound like to everone? I can picture a british person saying something like 'whea-thah' but I promise you the R is very prominantly spoken, at least in my region. I find that I say the R's in wheather and road very much the same way.
    That looks more Austrailian to me. I would pronounce it 'Weh-the'.
    Please correct any Russian language mistakes I make.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Friendy
    Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.
    I don't either, but I can often hear "r" instead of "t" in "water" or "daughter". When I asked my son why he says "r", not "t", his answer was "I did not say "r".
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    Thats interesting. To me T and R don't sound at all alike in those words. I can see how it might sound like 'warter' but you couldn't replace the T alltogether and still be understood at all. I find that 'warer' is pretty difficult to say and doesn't sound like water at all.

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    You mean like a rolled 'r'?

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    No, there are no rolled R's in english.

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    No, Scottish people roll their Rs.

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    I can't imagine how "road" can sound like "oad"!!!

    BTW, back to topic. Another word I just remembered

    жужжание
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Quote Originally Posted by Friendy
    Do you hear "r" here? http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/W0071100.html I don't.
    I don't either, but I can often hear "r" instead of "t" in "water" or "daughter". When I asked my son why he says "r", not "t", his answer was "I did not say "r".
    Hm. I notice myself sometimes saying "wedding" with r-like sound in the middle.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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