a possibly minority position

[Kim Braithwaite]

God bless you, Michele

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator
   "Good is better than Evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al Capp)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michele A. Berdy" <maberdy at GMAIL.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] a possibly minority position


I have no idea what phonetic rendering of Medvedev will be easiest for 
English-speakers to pronounce. It's definitely a difficult name for 
non-Russian speakers. But I think that if people get the stress right and 
most of the sounds -- that will be just fine. Because (in a small voice) I 
don't think it's such a big deal. For 8 years Russians have called the US 
president Mr Boosh. They call the first US president something like Dzhyorch 
Vashinkton. (And don't forget that famous writer Gerbert Ooels.) That's not 
disrespect or butchering the names -- it's just the best they can do with 
their transliteration and phonetic systems. Somehow we have all survived 
without a serious international incident.

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