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help with pronouncing place names

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writer51
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Joined: 10 May 2007
Posts: 1

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: help with pronouncing place names

Can someone please help me with the English pronounciation of the following names: Yuliya Kovgan Larisa and the following place names: Ryazonovshchina Irkutsk Thank you very much for any help you can give.

vox16
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Joined: 14 Apr 2010
Posts: 5

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: help with pronouncing place names

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writer51 wrote:

Can someone please help me with the English pronounciation of the following names:

Yuliya Kovgan
Larisa

and the following place names:
Ryazonovshchina
Irkutsk

Thank you very much for any help you can give.

These names can't be correctly pronounced using only English language sounds. I'll try to so it using ipa-like symbols.
['ju(l')ija] ; (l') is not stress mark, but denotes palatalized [l].
['kovgan] or [kav'gan] depending on stress position.
[larisa]
RyazAnovshchina ( typo? )
[(r')I'zanov(shch)ina] where (r') is palatalized [r], and (shch) is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_fricative
I have no idea what is 'English pronunciation' for this sound.
[ir'ku(tz)k] ; where (tz) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_affricate , like 'zz' in pizza.

learnrussian
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Joined: 28 May 2007
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: Russian TV on www.viewmy.tv

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