...Yes, and how would you all say КГБ? :)
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...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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