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Yes, there is. How strong it is depends on which part of Ukraine the girl came from and whether you compare it to the official Moscow/Petersburg sort of Russian or something else :) Assuming she is...

Откуда такая информация?[/quote]
well, it was completely undistinguishable to me in a laboratory setting. A real world conversation is not a laboratory setting, so it would be way harder.


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Unstressed 'o' is not pronounced as 'a' really anywhere except for the Moscow city :) Rather, both vowels get reduced to a third sound (quite close to s.c. 'schwa', the first vowel in "about")....

All of these things need to be fixed. But there is a world of difference between mixing aspirated and nonaspirated consonants and not reducing the vowels. The former will be undistinguishable to the...

well, i've taken some accent reduction classes, and needed four one-hour individual sessions to even start distinguishing aspirated vs non-aspirated consonants ("p" and "k", specifically). At one...

I'm russian.
The pronounciation of the 'O' sound can't be the MAIN difference...other sounds are AS WELL important[/quote]

all are important but some are more important than the others. I bet 9...

It's sorta like music: if you have a good ear for it, you'll do just fine by yourself. I've seen some professional singers, so even if they don't understand a word, they can repeat a line without...

What is your native language?
What you are saying is true, but for many Russians those are really fine points, bordering on indistinguishable. For one, I used to be unable to hear the difference...