Russian vowel transliteration

[draqon]

And my Russian teacher taught us to pronounce the name of the letter P as эp, not ep. And also that the name of K is ka, not ke. What part of Russia are you from?

yes thats what I meant when I wrote "ye" as a "э"

about K, its written as "ka" you are correct...but is said as "ke" with "э" when saying KGB by Russians...there are exceptions.

I am from a border of Ukraine and Russia.

[Fraggle Rocker]

about K, it's written as "ka" you are correct...but is said as "ke" with "э" when saying KGB by Russians...there are exceptions.

So if an acronym contains X do they pronounce the name xa or xэ? How about the letters ш and щ? (Edit: Got the Russian characters on my other computer and plugged them in.)

[Oli]

I've always heard KGB pronounced as Keh Geh Beh - including from GRU guys - I never knew if it they meant it as some sort of sarcasm or not.

[draqon]

So if an acronym contains X do they pronounce the name xa or xэ?

from how I learned it, there are variations mainly of how people choose to say it, not how the book has it written down.

[draqon]

I've always heard KGB pronounced as Keh Geh Beh - including from GRU guys - I never knew if it they meant it as some sort of sarcasm or not.

well I am guessing its a parody of sheep.

[Oli]

GRU would hold that opinion...

[Captain Kremmen]

Who GRU?

[Oli]

Soviet-period military intelligence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU
KGB was mainly civilian.

[Captain Kremmen]

yes thats what I meant when I wrote "ye" as a "э"

about K, its written as "ka" you are correct...but is said as "ke" with "э" when saying KGB by Russians...there are exceptions.

I am from a border of Ukraine and Russia.

I recently bought some old postcards with hucul people on them.
The are also called Hutsuls. They live in the Carpathians.
Do you know much about them?

[ptvo]

crap, this is not easy