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    delete that Yahoo answer it is totally weird.
    the word had three syllables, viz
    бу pronounced like what a ghost says -- boo!
    кре rolled R, which is palatalized (slight y-glide) before the letter e pronounced like the e in "yet"
    ев pronounced like yeff sounds like Jeff with a y-glide as in "yet"
    The middle syllable is louder, i.e., it is the stressed syllable.
    There are some slight differences in real pronunciation that what I can express here

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaika View Post
    delete that Yahoo answer it is totally weird.
    the word had three syllables, viz
    бу pronounced like what a ghost says -- boo!
    кре rolled R, which is palatalized (slight y-glide) before the letter e pronounced like the e in "yet"
    ев pronounced like yeff sounds like Jeff with a y-glide as in "yet"
    The middle syllable is louder, i.e., it is the stressed syllable.
    There are some slight differences in real pronunciation that what I can express here
    Язык отвалится после "к" и "р" еще и "й" произносить, поэтому надо менять согласную "р" радикальным образом. Последняя гласная редуцируется и превращается во что-то типа краткого "и".
    Ударный слог, в первую очередь, длиннее безударных.
    Я был, по-видимому, неправ по поводу русского и английского "у". Основная разница в том, что при произнесении английского oo губы не округляются, в отличие от русского.

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    My pronunciation of Букреев
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    I like chalka's explanation.

    And thanks for the others.

    Not having sound does make it very difficult.

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