Pronouciation of "Zdravstvyuitye"

[Borys Bodnaruk]

Granted that the American higher education atmosphere/classroom is much more relaxed (and relatively more open-minded about this type of approach) I would imgaine that there are other (just as effective) ways of teaching the greeting.
   
  My advice is to keep looking.
  Such a technique is best kept as an anecdote and kept out of the textbook.

  Borys
  
John Langran <john at RUSLAN.CO.UK> wrote:
  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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