the good old days, and that pesky letter "shee" (formerly "shch")

[Alina Israeli]

The articulation is quite different. For the Russian sh'sh' the body  
of the tongue is farther back in the mouth and close to the palate  
compared to the chien where the front-central part is lifted but the  
rest hangs low allowing air to flow through.
But for the first year Russian it will do.
Same difference with ш and chat, maybe the word chou (cabbage) would  
actually be closer to the Russian sound simply because of the back  
quality of [u]. Same trick could be used for щ: the first sh in  
chuchoter is a lot closer to the Russian sound щ.

Alina

On Sep 16, 2009, at 10:27 AM, John Langran wrote:

> Yes I thought this was StP versus Moscow.
> In an explanation for French speakers I am putting
> ш = CH as in "chat"
> щ = CHI as in "chien"
> Easy to remember for beginners, but perhaps doesn't quite do it  
> justice
>
> John Langran
> www.ruslan.co.uk
>
>

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu





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