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    how do you pronounce Идиот

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    What do you need it for?
    "...Важно, чтобы форум оставался местом, объединяющим людей, для которых интересны русский язык и культура. ..." - MasterАdmin (из переписки)



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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Невольно вспомнил шъёрт побъеры
    Sorry, that's not on the theme.
    [i:di:’ot] maybe

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    i need it because it is the title of a novel i like. "The idiot", by fedor dostoevsky

    what the hell is wrong with you?

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by brighton
    i need it because it is the title of a novel i like. "The idiot", by fedor dostoevsky

    what the hell is wrong with you?
    It was not such a big deal that you had to fly off the handle. I thought that you wanted to insult somebody.
    "...Важно, чтобы форум оставался местом, объединяющим людей, для которых интересны русский язык и культура. ..." - MasterАdmin (из переписки)



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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    It's pronounced: E - D - ought. The stress is on the "ought".
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    No offence but was not [i:di:’ot] enough?

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by alexB
    No offence but was not [i:di:’ot] enough?
    Most likely not. It is a fact that a lot of English speakers do not understand IPA-based transcrition systems. I think that most British people should understand IPA-based transcription, since it is widely used by British dictionaries and is most likely taught in schools. In the USA, however, most dictionaries use their own phonetic systems, totally unrelated to IPA.

    We have no idea about where brighton is from, therefore, we cannot assume he'll understand your transcription.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    I don't think Brits are any more likely to know IPA than Americans. It's certainly not taught in schools.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    I don't think Brits are any more likely to know IPA than Americans. It's certainly not taught in schools.
    I see.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by alexB
    [i:di:’ot] maybe
    I'd rater write it [ɪdʲɪ 'ot]
    there is no tense i's.

    Most likely not. It is a fact that a lot of English speakers do not understand IPA-based transcrition systems.
    But what if transcription system they do understand are weird and/or incapable of conducting sounds of Russian because it was not designed for it?
    ( weird e.g. "ä like o in 'pot' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciat ... or_English . It's simple - a with dots as o, right ? )
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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    ok thank you very much to all of you and lampada i'm really sorry for what i said, i take it back. So it's kind of similar to what we say here: idiot, idiought... blah

    thanks again

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by brighton
    ok thank you very much to all of you and lampada i'm really sorry for what i said, i take it back. So it's kind of similar to what we say here: idiot, idiought... blah

    thanks again
    Just making sure you realized that the stress is on the last syllable in Russian.
    It's on the first syllable in English.
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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by brighton
    ok thank you very much to all of you and lampada i'm really sorry for what i said, i take it back. So it's kind of similar to what we say here: idiot, idiought... blah

    thanks again
    Forgiven, and yes, I should've been more polite and at least say "if you do not mind me asking".

    Роман Фёдора Достоевского "Идиот" : http://sayandpost.com/1rc2t80vx2.mp3
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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    sounds to me like eedyote w/ stress on dyote (rhymes w/ wrote).
    Кому - нары, кому - Канары.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    How the does the pronunciation of идёт differ from идиот?

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by Кишлук
    How the does the pronunciation of идёт differ from идиот?
    compare:
    Идиот: ee-dee-ought
    Идёт: ee-d'yot
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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    The second и is very fleeting, but pronounced, followed by a heavy stress on the "o".
    "С чий очи сънувам, чий е този лик обречен?
    Смъртен глас ми се причува и отеква с вик далечен
    Как да зърна да погледна, чуждий образ да прегърна,
    на лицето ми студено грях в надежда да превърна.."

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by Yazeed
    The second и is very fleeting, but pronounced, followed by a heavy stress on the "o".
    I'd say there is no any "second и" for Russian native speakers here; there are just a soft 'д' and an 'o' after it.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Re: how do you pronounce Идиот

    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Quote Originally Posted by Yazeed
    The second и is very fleeting, but pronounced, followed by a heavy stress on the "o".
    I'd say there is no any "second и" for Russian native speakers here; there are just a soft 'д' and an 'o' after it.
    I said it was fleeting (произносится быстро). Я вот могу расслышать вторую "и", и при этом я не русский но, правда, ударение находится на "о", причем оно сильное ударение.

    Так получается ид-и-ОТ, и вот в том-то и разница между "идиот" и "идёт",
    "С чий очи сънувам, чий е този лик обречен?
    Смъртен глас ми се причува и отеква с вик далечен
    Как да зърна да погледна, чуждий образ да прегърна,
    на лицето ми студено грях в надежда да превърна.."

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