Paul Gorodyansky wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Petr Kuzmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> > is accent on it. Compare with Mr. Mendel_e_ev (the periodic man), whose
> > name is pronounced with "...ev" because the accent is on the
> > pen-ultimate syllable.
>
> No, because the letter there is 'e' while 'Gorbachev' has a _different_
> letter of Russian alphabet in it - 'yo' ('e' with 2 dots).
I stand corrected. O well, there goes 10 years of Russian instruction:
I did not even learn the alphabet (um..., I meant to say, "azbuka") ;)
-- Petr
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