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LOL!

But I think that Marcus was partly correct -- I probably used the term aspirated incorrectly in my post (i.e., not in the proper technical sense that linguists use it).

However, I would...

Well, "aspiration" is relative. You are completely correct that English /b/ is less aspirated than English /p/. But, to my ears, English /b/ is more aspirated than Russian /б/. Or, to say it more...

Also remember that in English, the "t" and "d" are alveolar -- they shouldn't be too "dental" or too "palatal."

And the classic exercise for practicing "aspiration" is to put a burning candle in...

pushvv -- in general, I don't quite agree with Medved that your pronunciation of T and D is "wrong" -- your pronunciation is simply foreign.

But I did notice a few cases where your pronunciation...

No, it sounds a bit like "pursed" to me, too! Although I'd say, rather, that his pronunciation of past is "strangely British", despite the fact that his overall accent is typically North American. I...