Quote Originally Posted by Doomer View Post
Per my understanding English "H" sound is pronounced "in a mouth" but Russian "Х" sound comes partially as throat sound
Russians probably can say English "H" but only if concentrate on it very hard.
The root of this problem is there is no difference in Russian language between English "H" and Russian "Х" thus most of the Russians don't even know they speak "H" incorrectly
For example it's "known" that Russian accent consists of: over-accented "r" sounds, incorrect using of "a" sound when the "æ" or "ə" or "ʌ" sound supposed to be used, incorrect using of "s" or "z" sounds when the "θ" or "ð" sounds supposed to be used, muting of voiced consonants at the end and the beginning of words (God becomes Got and Zebra becomes Sebra), incorrect using of "v" sound when the "w" sound supposed to be used and "famous" stretching of vowels when they supposed to sound short
Heavy Russian accent will also include changes of "e" sound to actual Russian "Е" pronunciation, thus "very" becomes "vyery", replacement of letter "U" with "ju" sound to actual Russian "У" with "u" sound in the middle of some words

I don't think the "H" sound is among the "truly Russian accent" sounds I would probably put it along with "l" sound - replaced by Russian "Л" (curve your tongue more to the back when you speak it, it supposed to sound harder and deeper than the "l")
IMHO
In fact, Russian x is pronounced with a help of the back part of the tongue raised to the velar, while the English sound does not involve the tongue.
I don't know what you mean, saying about zebra pronounced sebra. I think Russians usually say men instead of man, fool instead of full, sheep instead of ship (that's what uou mentioned probably). I'm not sure about overpronounced "r". Don't Americans always pronounce the hard L? One more thing: lack of aspiration of p, t, k.