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    mp510, saying /r/ with your lips together is,...

    mp510, saying /r/ with your lips together is, what - I cant imagine what you are saying.

    Of course, if you are saying a Russian word like /mraz/ then you have started with lips together for the...
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    taty, I was just pulling your leg. These...

    taty, I was just pulling your leg.

    These consonants belong to a special group, called sonorants.
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    taty, good, but what's the deal with R L M N ...

    taty,

    good, but what's the deal with R L M N

    They don't fit somehow?
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    The reason for the "and sometimes y" is words...

    The reason for the "and sometimes y" is words like

    my, thy, spy. That is, the thinking goes that the letter Y must be a vowel because we don't have vowelless words in English, as they do in Czech,...
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    this may be the first time I agree with taty.

    this may be the first time I agree with taty.
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    Rosa Anna, even though the name of the character...

    Rosa Anna, even though the name of the character И краткое translates as "short i", the sound it makes is not a short i any more than the /y/ in "boy" is. I guess if you'd call the y in boy a "short...
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    Й sounds just like the Y in 'boy' In fact, we...

    Й sounds just like the Y in 'boy'

    In fact, we have this Russian word meaning 'battle, combat, fight, fighting':

    бой

    The Б probably isn't as breathy as it is in English, but otherwise it's...
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