Quote Originally Posted by Winifred
Это диалог мне очень нравится! Всю жизнь. мать жаловаться на трудную орфографую английского. Я могу теперь жаловаться на трудный произношение русского!! Ястрeб = Йастрип
It's a harsh reality.
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The pronunciation difficulties please me no end (although the undercurrents make me sad)! All my life, my mother has complained about the difficulty of English spelling.
And of reading. A real dialog from a forum
-- ... it must be a rare word, pedagogical. I even don't know how it is pronounced.
-- first g as in 'go' , second as judge.