Re: [tied] Moldova Confusion

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From: Glen Gordon

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 9:31 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Moldova Confusion

It's only me, Piotr, packing my suitcase.

 

1. DNISTER. The Ukrainian pronunciation is ['dnister] ("dneester": two syllables, a tense [i], [d] pronounced).

 

2. DNIESTR. The Polish pronunciation is ['dnjestr] ("dnyestr": one syllable, [nj] = palatal nasal like French "gn", voiceless [r], [d] pronounced).

 

3. DNESTR. The Russian pronunciation is ['dnjestr], more or less the same as in Polish.

 

Impress your friends with your flawless Slavic. If you can't quite make the [dn], "Duh-NIECE-ter" or "Din-YES-ter" should sound tolerable.

 

Piotr

>     And I think I even know better. Outside of English, /ei/  is
> >consistently the vowel in 'buy', with /ie/  representing that in 'be'.
> >It's not the nigh-stir, but the knee-stir.

Erh, I've been pronouncing it "din-KNEE-stir". Is this a silent thing as in
pneumonia, psychology and knife? English pronunciation is oh so confusing :)

- gLeN