Pronunciation question

[John Dunn]

But is there enough of a hiatus between the two parts of the abbreviation to allow hard [s] + [i]?

John Dunn.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrey Shcherbenok <avs2120 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:06:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Pronunciation question

The consonant does not soften in these cases. Andrey

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul B. Gallagher
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:58 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Pronunciation question

In abbreviations such as госимущество (gosimushchestvo), where an 
originally hard consonant is stuck to a "soft" vowel, does the consonant 
soften, or do we get госымущество (gosymushchestvo) like сыскать 
(syskat') and с Ываном (s Yvanom)?

TIA

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