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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Name pronunciation
Message-ID: <D3uB1I.69t@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
References: <3h967p$926@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <D3sHCs.4qq@actrix.gen.nz> <FURUFURU.95Feb11205908@kongming.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 14:32:04 GMT
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In article <FURUFURU.95Feb11205908@kongming.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp> furufuru@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Furue Ryo) writes:
>A friend of mine who is
>majoring in Runssian said that "Tchaikovsky" should be pronounced
>_chee-KOF-skee_.  The spelling "chai" is pronounced _cha-i_ as in
>"chaika" if it has a stress, but it is pronounced _chee_ if not.

That may be the case in Runssian (whatever that may be), but in Russian
it is not.  Next time you meet that Runssian major of a friend of yours,
tell him to claim his tuition fee back from his school.

-- 
`I'm sendin a flood tae pit an end tae it aw.  But dinny worry yersel, Noah.'
Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
* Centre for Cognitive Science,  2 Buccleuch Place,   Edinburgh EH8 9LW,  UK
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