pronunciation of ipod, ipad, mp3 player

[Robert Efird]

On 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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> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:27 AM
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] pronunciation of ipod, ipad, mp3 player
> 
> 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
>> 
>> One Bear Place #97391
>> Waco, TX 76798-7391
>> (254) 710-3898
>> Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu
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