Thread: When "г" is not pronounced "g"...

I have a dialect question:

I'm not sure where she came from, but I had a Russian professor born and bred in the Soviet Union. She was communist from the top of her red head to the bottom of her feet.

She would sometimes say the word "его" not as 'ево' but as 'е-г-о.'

Is there any such dialect as this?

Originally Posted by ZelyeUrsuli

She would sometimes say the word "его" not as 'ево' but as 'е-г-о.'

Is there any such dialect as this?

I think it sometimes can be pronounced like that... as a joke or something.

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Крис иэ Антверпен":20gkp4ny

Are there other words with его or ого where it is pronounced as g?

Your answer: No.
Огорошить, огород, огонь, много, Егор, легонько... In all these words "г" is pronounced as "g".

Chris, the question was:
Isn't it always pronounced as v when there is an (-)его or -ого part in a word?[/quote:20gkp4ny]

Originally Posted by ZelyeUrsuli

I have a dialect question:

I'm not sure where she came from, but I had a Russian professor born and bred in the Soviet Union. She was communist from the top of her red head to the bottom of her feet.

She would sometimes say the word "его" not as 'ево' but as 'е-г-о.'

Is there any such dialect as this?

In Russian lessons, teachers sometimes may pronounce the Г as G when it should be pronounced V in order to make it clear how it's spelt.

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by ZelyeUrsuli

I have a dialect question:

I'm not sure where she came from, but I had a Russian professor born and bred in the Soviet Union. She was communist from the top of her red head to the bottom of her feet.

She would sometimes say the word "его" not as 'ево' but as 'е-г-о.'

Is there any such dialect as this?

In Russian lessons, teachers sometimes may pronounce the Г as G when it should be pronounced V in order to make it clear how it's spelt.

Nah, it was Russian lit and she definitely did not make it easy to learn Russian - but we memorized more pieces of Russian literature than I've ever learned in English.

Maybe it's some sort of Tsar Ivan speech, because I think she was born in that era.