Pronunciation of Г

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

When English works are translated in Russian, such as "Гамлет," does it still retain the English sounding H or does it change to "Gamlyet?"

Also, I've noticed around that the Russian's version of "haha" is "гыгы," which sparked this question. Would that laughed be pronounced as "huiy huiy" or "guiy guiy?"

And now that I'm on the topic of pronunciation... the "hard sign" that appears in съесть... does that c have a syllable all on it's own? I.e. "Suh-yest'"

Comments

[udarnitsa.livejournal.com]

When I was in first-year Russian, I asked our teacher what Russian stop signs said.

He stared at me for a second, then answered with a perfectly serious look on his face:

“Остановливайтесь.”

[yers.livejournal.com]

Oh, those stop signs.



There were still some around when I was very small... I remember struggling to read the word. =)

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Why did the Russians decide to adopt "Стоп" though? I mean, I know it's shorter than Остановливайтесь, but why not use a red line or something of the sort? Man, I'm curious about the Stop Sign history...

[yers.livejournal.com]

Hurray for my first successful photoshop fake ^_^
Sorry. Just couldn't resist.

As for СТОП, don't know... it's very old. Possibly as old as the first Russian railway.

[udarnitsa.livejournal.com]

Молодец!

[wolfie-18.livejournal.com]

Oh you Russians and your crazy antics... I shake my fist in your general direction!

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

Thats quite a mouthful for such a simple command! I join in the fist shaking ^_^

[noser.livejournal.com]

That word is just wrong, nevermind :) There's a short Russian word "Стой!". But it's more applicable to walking humans, because it is literally "Stand still!". So I guess that's why they borrowed the "Стоп" word for cars and other such stuff.

[gorgeous-yulia.livejournal.com]

wrong spelling. should be - останавливайтесь but we almost never use this form, usually it is остановись!

[z-machine.livejournal.com]

А кто такой бред написал? Пишется останАвливайтесь!