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    ж and ш

    Quote Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology
    /ʐ/ is similar to the ‹g› in genre, but the tongue is curled back (as with the /r/ of American English) rather than domed. /ʂ/ differs from this only by being voiceless.[24] For more, see retroflex consonant.
    Does that mean I've been pronouncing these seemingly simple Russian consonants wrong all this time?
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    probably yes. They are not the same as the similar sounds in English.

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    On the plus side, this makes it a lot easier to distinguish between ш and щ now
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    Quote Originally Posted by Demonic_Duck View Post
    On the plus side, this makes it a lot easier to distinguish between ш and щ now
    ?

    Щ is palatalized Ш. They are not very different.
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    Depends on how exactly you've been doing this for all the time.
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