Rossians and Russians

Sun Mar 12 11:26:52 UTC 2006

Would then Old Russian "Ross" fit better for this distinction?

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Jules Levin wrote:

> Okay, speaking as a linguist, how will Americans pronounce 
> Rossians?  I would pronounce it [rahsee'uns], but I bet lots of Americans
> would pronounce it [rahshuns] in contrast with [ruhshuns].  But if 
> you say [rahshuns] out loud, it sounds like someone pronouncing
> Russians with a Russian accent...
> Jules Levin
> (sorry, I couldn't resist...)

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