Stress question

[Andrew Jameson]

This is really another phenomenon. I remember Russians
laughing when I told them of a textbook by BobrynskOI.
They said "Surely you mean BobrYnskii?" I said "No,
Count BobrynskOI, he's an emigre".
The conclusion I drew was that the aristocracy preferred
the end-stress to make their names sound more "special".
Cf. tolstyi versus the surname Tolstoi.
Andrew Jameson
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
Languages and Professional Development
1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL UK
Tel: 01524 32371  (+44 1524 32371)

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From: Jack Haney <haneyjav at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: Stress question
Date: 15 February 2000 18:16

Of course, languages changes, but L. N. Tolstoi insisted on the the
surname SerpukhovskOi in Anna Karenina. JV Haney

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