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I'm sorry, but when I try to do this when pronouncing an actual word (I'm going from x to a, like in the plo-'ha), I get a wet sort of rippled/trilled noise. It's a bit throaty. I don't hear that...

You're getting confused, BlackMage. Russian X is similar to German CH in Bach, auch, Spanish J in junta, Juan, Chinese H, not X (as H in HANYU, not as X in XIEXIE) and Scottish ch in "Loch". German...