Quote Originally Posted by Marcus View Post
But ветер is by no means вечер.
And thin is by no means tin (or sin), and bad is by no means bed. But for Russians who are new to learning English, those words can seem almost like homophones!

It just takes time for the ear and tongue to get used to hearing and pronouncing the distinctions. And after Ammonite has learned to clearly pronounce the difference between ть and ч, he'll wonder how he ever got them confused.