Hello Radovan, >> RG> that is indeed the "official" pronunciation, >> >> No, it really isn't!
RG> not even if you ask your fellow innocent russian speakers RG> "please read for me this word v e r y s l o w l y" RG> and listen carefully? No, it isn't. The [StS] pronunciation has been considered a dialect pronunciation for >50 years now. The "official", standard pronuncation is [S'], and has been for a long time. RG> We were certainly taught to pronounce [U+0429] as [StS] (soft [tS] before soft RG> vowels, of course), [tS] is _always_ soft in Russian. >> RG> but I guess it is influenced by orthography. >> >> What's the orthography got to do with it?? RG> if the children in schools are taught that [U+0429] is pronounced RG> as [StS], Trust me, they aren't. -- Anatoly Vorobey, my journal (in Russian): http://www.livejournal.com/users/avva/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton