Thread: Are native Russian speakers 'language snobs' or tolerant?

You can't, really: All that we can hear is that it is a Slavic accent: Russian and Serbian accent sounds absolutely the same in English.

They do not. For example, Russians devoice final consonants, while Serbs do not. There is vowel reduction in Russian but there isn't in Serbian. Serbs do not palatalize consonants before [i].

Some Russian vowels that are a bit like a mix of two different vowels (from my perspective).

Do you mean they are pronounced like diphtongs? Or what? Could you give some examples?

Originally Posted by Marcus

They do not. For example, Russians devoice final consonants, while Serbs do not. There is vowel reduction in Russian but there isn't in Serbian. Serbs do not palatalize consonants before [i].

Do you mean they are pronounced like diphtongs? Or what? Could you give some examples?

For my ear this fake Russian sounds like a Bulgarian or in some phrases even like French. How this does this abracadabra sound for non-native Russian talkers?