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Then you cannot pronounce them right! [/quote]

why not rightly?[/quote]

Well, you can say "correctly" if you want. But "rightly" doesn't work.........[/quote]

Alright, ta ever so :)

G'd luck to ya! :D

Then you cannot pronounce them right! [/quote]

why not rightly?

I agree with TATY. Послушайте меня, я сдала экзамен ("из"?) фонетики с пяточкой :D[/quote]

Да неужели тебе попался билет про то, одинаковы ли по произношению "фё" и "фьё"?

С чем? :D

"Фёдор" and "фьорд" shouldn't sound different.[/quote]

Then you cannot pronounce them rightly! :o

Okay, you caught me at йо things. I agree when and how they're read. Mea culpa for not being extensive on the issue.

TATY, even "Фёдор" and "фьорд" sound differently, whatever you would think. I...

Не-а.

Ё = йо
Я = йа
Е = йэ

It is known for any schooler in Russia.

As you (must) know, ь softens the preceding consonant. Thus, it doesn't affect anything else, so clusters with ь and ё...

И Тьома тоже...

And now train yourself and make a recording of my name---firstly incorrect, then correct. ;)

Pleeeeeaaaaase.

[quote=TATY][quote=Rtyom][quote=TATY][quote=Rtyom][quote=chaika]I speak middle-American English (grew up in Illinois), and the first syllable in "survive" sounds exactly like the vowel in "sir".
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Kinda like it's funny for you when we say "Pope"![/quote]

Not that funny.

[quote=TATY][quote=Rtyom][quote=chaika]I speak middle-American English (grew up in Illinois), and the first syllable in "survive" sounds exactly like the vowel in "sir".

Can you say "Yoda"? Put an...

[quote=chaika]I speak middle-American English (grew up in Illinois), and the first syllable in "survive" sounds exactly like the vowel in "sir".

Can you say "Yoda"? Put an /f/ in front and an /r/...

We got a good chuckle out of this one when we were assigned names in Russian class.[/quote]

For you it might be funny, mind that!