Re: How to pronounce Kolmogorov

[Alexander Tsyplakov]

Mardo, John G [AMSTA-AR-QAW-P] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message

> Have any of you ever actually heard Dr. Kolmogorov or his
parents pronounce
> his name?  If not, then you cannot really be sure of the
proper way to
> pronounce it.  My name is fairly simple, yet I have heard
at least 13
> variations on its pronunciation.  Only one of them is
correct.  It is the
> way MY PARENTS and I pronounce it!

Theoretically you are right. But in this case there is no
ambiguity for Russian - Kalma_go_raf.
"O" without stress is pronounced as "a".

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    Alexander Tsyplakov
    Novosibirsk State University
    http://www.nsu.ru/ef/tsy/





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