pronunciation of ipod, ipad, mp3 player

[Marina Teterina]

Hello all,

I heard the following pronunciation (not spelling) of these words in Russia:

си-ди плеер (произносится как "плэйер")
эм-пэ-три плеер
ай-под
ай-пэд


Hope that is helpful.
Marina Teterina

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Harris, Adrienne M. <
Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu> wrote:

> Yes, thank you--that's what I needed!  I was concerned about the actual
> pronunciation, rather than the spelling.  I know they usually write ipod and
> mp3, etc. I encountered [εm pi trešnij plejer] in a 2006 pop song.  Maybe
> that pronunciation's been eclipsed by the simple эм-пи-три плеер.  Adrienne
>
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> I know for sure that iPod is pronounced: Ай-под with a deep 'o'.  (At
> least,
> here in Sevastopol.)
> Not sure about iPad. Meanwhile, and mp3 player is: эм-пи-три плеер.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Harris, Adrienne M. <
> Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu> wrote:
>
> > Dear Seelangers who are currently in Russia or have been there recently,
> >
> > Do Russians pronounce "ipod" [ajpod] or [ajpad]?  Does anyone know how
> they
> > pronounce "ipad"? Is "mp3 player" still [εm pi trešnij plejer]?
> >
> > Thank you in advance, Adrienne
> >
> >
> > Adrienne M. Harris, Ph.D.
> > Assistant Professor of Russian
> > Modern Foreign Languages
> > Baylor University
> >
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> > Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu
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