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Erm.

You said weight, had a long "a" sound.

In Their and Heir it is a long E song (E as in get)

Weight and Their are different.[/quote]

Are you British? If so, I can't expect that...

Erm.

You said weight, had a long "a" sound.

In Their and Heir it is a long E song (E as in get)

Weight and Their are different.

What about "their"?[/quote]

And Heir

Well, Chinese and Japanese are in its' own league here, I don't think it's a fair comparison. But I believe French is more phonetic than Russian -- you simply have to know the rules, and there are...

Maybe only compared to English. But that is not that big an achievement :)[/quote]

In fact, it is quite an achievement, as it saves children precious time - they dont have to memorize too much...

Not entirely differently, it's just without the vibration of the vocal cords. It's voicing/de-voicing.[/quote]

Exactly. They are not completely different. And there shouldn't be an ' after the K.

Typo!

spelling: сердце - prononciation: серце
spelling: поздно - prononciation: позно[/quote]

Чувствовать - first В not pronounced
Здравствуйте - first B not pronounced
Бог - pronounced Бох
Мягкий...

You are talking about язык and the reason for the reduction is because the я is unstressed.