Thread: Вопросы по грамматике и значению слов (by Simon000001

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

In older language, there was a tendency to pronounce final -сь in reflexive verbs without palatalization. But this pronunciation is outdated.

I doubt it was ever used in normal language. It is a part of an old theater actor school (as well as "вверьх", for example), and I have no idea where did they take such a pronunciation from.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

I doubt it was ever used in normal language. It is a part of an old theater actor school (as well as "вверьх", for example), and I have no idea where did they take such a pronunciation from.

It was. The traces are still there in poetry, where some rhymes become less strict with modern pronunciation. Theatrical pronunciation was modelled after old Moscow speech (like, beginning of the 20th century).

Originally Posted by it-ogo

I doubt it was ever used in normal language. It is a part of an old theater actor school (as well as "вверьх", for example), and I have no idea where did they take such a pronunciation from.

It was part of the original dialect spoken in Moscow, before dialect levelling took place (mass migration to Moscow from other regions). Also -кой/-кый instead of -кий.