Pronouciation of "Zdravstvyuitye"

[John Langran]

Without wanting to start a long bear trail, I would be interested to know 
what colleagues in the US think about a tried and tested method to get 
beginners to pronounce the Russian word for "hello". I undestand that this 
originated in British Navy Russian courses at the end of the 2ww, and is 
still useful:
"English speakers sometimes find this hard to pronounce.  If you have a 
standard English accent, try thinking of your donkey! Say "Does your ass fit 
yer?" fairly quickly and slurring the first "D". The result is often very 
close to "Çäð‚âñòâóéòå!". "

My question is, would this be too rude in American English to include in a 
textbook?

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk 

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