How would the Russian abbreviation of USA be pronounced?
Ess - Shah - Ah?
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How would the Russian abbreviation of USA be pronounced?
Ess - Shah - Ah?
Se sha
Remember, S is "C" in Russian, there is not a letter "S"
США
So, it looks like the "Sha" and "Ah" sounds are pronounced together, though?
-Fantom
Yes, like ''seh-shah-ah", and very quickly.
СыШиА
Se-Sha is correct but definately not "СыШиА"
People say it differently. The only thing they agreen on is that it's not 'es' but 'se'
СэШэА
[quote=fantom605]
I always thought this was stupid. I think that everybody in the world should call a country by the name it's citizens call it. For example, Germans call their country Deutchland, so why in the HECK do we say Germany?
Germany = Deutchland
Spain = Espan~a
Mexico = Me-hi-ko
You get the idea. After all, if your name is Peter and you move to Spain, you expect to be called Peter, not Pedro.
Only my opinion.
He-he-he... So you must say "Ross-ee-ja" except for Russia :) Are you ready? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Platinum
Oh, man! If only it would have been soooooooooooo simple!.. Names develop through centuries and a good deal of inner and outer factors influence on them. Our forefathers would have needed to rearrange onomasticons every generation to sound it proper! Or even more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Platinum
[quote=Rtyom][quote=fantom605]
[quote=Triton][quote=Rtyom][quote=fantom605]
Yes, but the name of the Russian letter C is actually Эс. In США it is an exception being pronounced СэQuote:
Originally Posted by fantom605
Good idea. It's Moskva, Rossiya, not Moscow, Russia. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Platinum
No more Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Tirana, Bucharest, Rome, Athens, Copenhagen and Lisbon
but: Warszawa, Praha, Wien, M
пинд...ээээ...штаты :roll: в смысле
примерно СШЕА
I try to speak correctly. if you asked me, I would say ФБР и ФРГ correctly. All the time.
...Yes, and how would you all say КГБ? :)
If you're Russian, you probably heard both acronyms said with "фэ" more often than correctly, even if you personally say it differently. Russians are not so fussed about correctly pronouncing each letter of abbreviations as in the alphabet. Even many TV speakers will say it this way. Not sure, if it the case when broken Russian penetrated the media or just carelessness. Could be considered as newly created words too, that sound better than the actual acronyms: Сэшеа, Фэбээр, Фээргэ. Just flooding, you know, not a very linguistic approach. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
Anyway, США is never pronounced as in the alphabet - эс-ша-а.
I'm only a beginner to Russian but I like to listen to Russian radio and webcasts. I have only heard США pronounced as СэШа-а. In fact, it sounds just like СэШа. I'm no authority on Russian but from what I've heard this is how I've learnt or thought США is said.
Your transliteration of what is said is close enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johan
"Комитет Государственной Безопасности", of course! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
-Fantom
Wow, I didn't actually expect this thread to go on for so long. Thanks everybody for replying and clearing that up, also, thanks for taking the time to do the recording, Friendy.
It seems as if my main misconception was the "Ess" vs. "Se" thing.
I recently talked to someone from Russia (not on this forum), and she said that Russians mostly say Amerika rather than using the abbreviation.
Ка-гэ-бэ, as expected.Quote:
Originally Posted by fantom605
США (сэ-ше-а), Америка, (Соединённые) Штаты are all possible options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleepy
Just say "America". You'll get along just fine.
People keep saying it КэГэБэ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Анатолий
If you just say Америка most people will ask you to clarify which of the three Americas you're referring to. As to the pronunciation of США, in yeltsinspeak it's ШАААААА :-).
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