new Russian orthography?

[P. Seriot]

>Dear experts,
>I often come across unnatural Russian spelling these days,
>for example <postindustrial'nyj>. I would have thought
>that had to be either <post"industrial'nyj> or
><postyndustrial'nyj> (where " stands for a hard sign) because
><pred+idushchij> was either <pred"idushchij> or <predydushchij>.
>
>Or do Russians pronounce t of <post> softly in that case?
>
>It seems to me that Russians long ceased to use hard signs (i.e.,
><predydushchij> only) and do not like to alter <i> to <y> when the
>stem in question is foreign.
>
>Looking forward to your comments.
>
>Thanks,
>Tsuji

This phenomenon is not new. Think of examples like GORISPOLKOM, where R + I
is pronounced RY.
Patrick SERIOT

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