spootnik

[Vanchu, Anthony J. (JSC-AH)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY]]

I'd hazard to guess that it's pretty much the norm--if people even know what it is anymore.

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
anthony.j.vanchu at nasa.gov
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Valery Belyanin
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:41 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] spootnik

Today while awarding medals to American scientists, pres. Obama
pronounced sputnik with [u] as in [but] (he said it twice that way).
Definitely Russians say sputnik with [U] as in [put]. It should be
said [spootnik].
How commons is this mispronunciation in US?

Valery Belyanin

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