Quote Originally Posted by Soft sign View Post
In my ideolect, the words ‘записка’ and ‘подписка’ are pronounced with a hard [s], while the word ‘писька’ is pronounced with a soft [sʲ] (the spelling also reflects such pronunciation). So this pun is not a pun for me.
How do you pronounse these words? Do you use a hard [s] in ‘писька’ or a soft [sʲ] in ‘записка’?
That's right, they are pronounced and spelled differently, that's why it's not a perfect pun. Still, the words are so close that someone could not help but create a few jokes based on it.