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    double c

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    Как произносятся слова как “ссылка”?

    are the two c pronounced seperately or just one c sound?

    thanks

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    Re: double c

    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Привет всем!

    Как произносятся слова как “ссылка”?

    are the two c pronounced seperately or just one c sound?

    thanks
    I am not sure if it is a proper explanation, but I think all you have to do is to make your с sound appx. 2 times longer.... In fact, I think I would have a hard time if someone asked me to distinguish by ear сылка from ссылка.

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    Looks like the proper explanation to me.

    MikeM, I attached a file, you can try.

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    How about жж and вв in beginning of a word? are these pronounced longer?
    Please correct my Russian or English. Спасибо большое!

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    It sounds like two в, not like a long one.
    Eg: ведение and введение.

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    Quote Originally Posted by net surfer
    Looks like the proper explanation to me.

    MikeM, I attached a file, you can try.
    Yeah, I can hear it, but I think it is a minor thing and I would normally get what the word is from the context...

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    Thanks everybody, so it's just like a drawn out c, like a double H.

    Might it be possible to do a recording of BB?

    Thnaks a lot

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeM
    Yeah, I can hear it, but I think it is a minor thing and I would normally get what the word is from the context...
    Since there's no word сылка, you can't be wrong :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Might it be possible to do a recording of BB?
    Why not

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    Bolshoye spasibo

    The difference in the first pair of words is slight to me, i can hardly make it out but i get the second one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jz12
    How about жж and вв in beginning of a word? are these pronounced longer?
    Traditionally, жж was a palatised (soft) ж. Although I'm not sure if people actually say a soft ж not.

    But as for the other doubles consonants. If you are talking at normal speed the difference between a single and double consonant is virtually indistinguishable.
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    doesn't sound to me like netsurfer is a native speaker of Russian from the pronunciation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaika
    doesn't sound to me like netsurfer is a native speaker of Russian from the pronunciation.


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    He doesn't have even a slightest accent

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    Hehe
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    Quote Originally Posted by chaika
    doesn't sound to me like netsurfer is a native speaker of Russian from the pronunciation.
    That's understandable, I often have similar feelings listening to my own recordings of that kind (and of the other native speakers too). I'd say they often sound not very natural and rather robotic. I think it's because these are not the things you usually say in natural conversations, because here you just use separate words/word combinations without any context, that often makes it sound weird, imho.
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    Bollocks, net surfer's accent is perfectly native.
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    VendingMachine - maybe so, but it sounds like he is trying to add an extra syllable between the V's or something, or do something with his mouth other than make a consonant longer.

    Every linguistic text on Russian I have read says a double S or double anything is just the consonant held a little longer, usually indicated phonemically as for example, /vv'

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    Oh, that's what you meant. Well, it's probably because I recorded single words as Friendy said. I made another recording where I put those words in sentences.

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    What is "сухой закон"? "Dry law"?

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    Good question. Сухой закон is the situation when the government bans alcohol. Thus, alcohol beverages are not freely available.
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