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

[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.