Letter names: Question for Russian-speakers

[Wayles Browne]

A question primarily for people whose native language is Russian:

1) There is a letter of the Russian alphabet which looks like
b and is often called m'agkij znak.
Some sources give another name for it: EPb.
1a) Do you use this second name for it?
1b) How do you pronounce this second name--with E as in EM or with E as
in EMKOCTb?

2) There is a letter of the Russian alphabet which is often called
tv'ordyj znak.
Some sources give another name for it: EP.
2a) Do you use this second name for it?
2b) How do you pronounce this second name--with E as in EM or with E as
in EMKOCTb?

3) Were you educated (mostly) in Russia, or in some other country (which?)

I will be very grateful for your answers (but please DON'T use the REPLY
command, instead forward your answers to me at ewb2 at cornell.edu).
Thank you!
--

Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

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