Author: Yar
Date: 09:05:05 12/17/05
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russian and italien prounciation of letters is very close :-) On December 17, 2005 at 11:53:43, Tord Romstad wrote: >On December 17, 2005 at 11:46:35, Yar wrote: > >>How to pronounce "û": >> >>In the pronunciation of the vowel [û] the bulk of the tongue is retracted from >>the front teeth while the back of the tongue is raised. The lips are passive, >>motionless. >> >>Pronounce the word "two" and slowly move your lips from that "O" so that they >>are parallel to each other [like when you say "eat"... you know you pull your >>lips back]. As you move your lips, you must keep making that "oo" sound. It will >>come out sounding like a retarted cow , but it works all the same. >>:-) > >Good description. :-) > >I suggested the pronounciation "Ribka" for those monolingual English >speakers who don't want to learn any new sounds, and thanks to your >excellent recipe above the perfectionists who want to get it exactly right >should be able to learn the correct pronounciation. > >Just remember to roll the R (like in Spanish or Italian) as well. > >Tord
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