Pronouciation of "Zdravstvyuitye"

[Helen Halva]

I could not agree more.  Please keep looking.
Helen Halva
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Borys Bodnaruk wrote:
> Granted that the American higher education atmosphere/classroom is much more relaxed (and relatively more open-minded about this type of approach) I would imgaine that there are other (just as effective) ways of teaching the greeting.
>    
>   My advice is to keep looking.
>   Such a technique is best kept as an anecdote and kept out of the textbook.
>
>   Borys
>   
> John Langran <john at RUSLAN.CO.UK> wrote:
>   Without wanting to start a long bear trail, I would be interested to know 
> what colleagues in the US think about a tried and tested method to get 
> beginners to pronounce the Russian word for "hello". I undestand that this 
> originated in British Navy Russian courses at the end of the 2ww, and is 
> still useful:
> "English speakers sometimes find this hard to pronounce. If you have a 
> standard English accent, try thinking of your donkey! Say "Does your ass fit 
> yer?" fairly quickly and slurring the first "D". The result is often very 
> close to "Çäð‚âñòâóéòå!". "
>
> My question is, would this be too rude in American English to include in a 
> textbook?
>
> John Langran
> www.ruslan.co.uk 
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