Quote Originally Posted by kwatts59
Quote Originally Posted by Chibi
Learning the alphabet was fairly easy for me (although according to what this book says, ё and я are pronounced the same... Oh, that and the fact that it says that щ is pronounced 'shsh'...???).
ё is pronounced "yo" as in yo-yo (the toy) and it is always stressed
я is pronounced "ya" as in yaba-daba-doo (from the Flintstones)
щ is pronounced like "shch" as in swiss-cheeze

Here are some audio examples of Russian greetings.
http://masterrussian.com/blday_greeting.shtml

Hope this helps
What about X .. Kwatts? .. can you give a example of that..