Differences between Russian spoken in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

[Nataliya Kun]

There is a Wiki article in Russian:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8_%D1%83_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B6%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2

2009/5/11 Slivkin, Yevgeniy A. <slivkin at ou.edu>

> Dear All,
>
> Could any one give me a few examples of the differences between Russian
> spoken in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Differences such as phrasing (not
> phonetics). As far as I remember in Moscow people say десятый автобус, пятый
> автобус (desiatyi avtobus, piatyi avtobus), in Petersburg - десятка
> автобуса, пятерка автобуса (desiatka avtobusa, piaterka avtobusa); In Moscow
> a curb is called бровка( brovka), in Petersburg - поребрик (porebrik).
> Anything else?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Yevgeny Slivkin, Ph.D.
> Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
> University of Oklahoma
>
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