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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

How would one pronounce жидкокристалический? I believe that's the word. It means liquid-crystalline, but when I hear it spoken, it sounds like Gidkatolicheskiy or something amongst those lines. Could someone write down the actual pronounciation either in russian or english, either one is good. Thanks.

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[grlm.livejournal.com]

Gidkakristalicheskiy :)

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a æ pronounced as a ã. Thanks.

жидкокристалЛический :)

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

zhidkokristallicheskiy

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[unintended-muse.livejournal.com]

this one's correct :)

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[assainova.livejournal.com]

we can't produce (o) sound in the mid word unless the syllable is stressed

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[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

also we can't give a proper transcription of all russian sounds with latin simbols.

but if we try, that will be margaritka7 variant [zhitkakristalicheskij]

and

[житкъкрист лическиj]

sorry couln't find one symbol anywhere

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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? I've pronounced it as that, and was told it was wrong, even by a ukrainian. I just got done telling the other person that it was not that....because that's how I pronounced it and was told it was wrong. Wow....

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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

No, that's not it. I've pronounced it as that, and i've been told it's wrong. But whenever they say it, I don't know exactly what letters they're saying. Thanks though.

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[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

I can't hear how you read it and i can't hear the ukrainian :) but i think if you have someone around to teach you russian transcription simbols it will be easier learning pronunciation. Latin is not for that.

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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I never really payed attention to transcription symbols....are they like the upside down e's, and accented i's and a's?

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[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

no.
accented a's you can meet though :)

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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I see.

[margaritka7.livejournal.com]

[zhitka-kristalicheskij]

+

[freezeburn.livejournal.com]

this one's absolutely correct

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[assainova.livejournal.com]

+ yeah, agreed

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[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Ok....now I'm absolutely confused. Which one is correct? I've been told atleast 214309327523485 (Hyerbole, mind you) are correct...and they all are different.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I see. Why it is Zhitka-kristalicheskiJ, with a j?

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

it's a simbol of j-sound, like the final sound in words gay, pray, lie etc.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I see. Thanks.

[unintended-muse.livejournal.com]

sorry, i was wrong.
THIS is how you actually pronounce the word :)

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. Now I'm seeing it, more and more people are saying it's this one.

[trepang.livejournal.com]

"Gid katolicheskij" is funny, though :)

[ex-fyrez920.livejournal.com]

ahhaha

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

How? I'm in the most confused of states from even posting this, and getting 28932479 different pronounciations that differ, and being told they're correct.

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

this means a "catholic guide", if i'm correct.

[odin2000.livejournal.com]

No, you are wrong. It is mean a "catholic jew".

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

точно :) мне даже в голову не пришло, что мальчик читает gid как жид

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok.

[noser.livejournal.com]

And the bottom line is, it's pronounced strictly according to the rules. It's not irregular in any way.

> Gidkatolicheskiy

Good one, but be careful with that kind of language.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I don't see how that's offensive...I live in a cave I guess.

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

it's in no way offensive. just sounds funny

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Oh...ok. Heh.

[noser.livejournal.com]

That guy transliterates ж as g.

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

got it

[roman-v-m.livejournal.com]

Especially from the point of view of a Ukrainian speaker :) In Ukrainian гидко /g'idko/ - nasty (adverb)

[noser.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, "catholic kike" might sound offensive to some people.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Haha! Hah! I see now. Very true. Made me smile. :-)

"Kike Catholic"

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

Made my day! :-)

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Thanks. that sounds similar to how I was saying it before though...

[zufall.livejournal.com]

Hi, ignore my comment from earlier, since deleted. For some bizarre reason my LJ was showing there weren't any replies yet! Sorry :>

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

No problem!

[nemica.livejournal.com]

It's much easier to pronounce splitting it mentally into жидко and кристаллический. It could be similarly difficult to pronounce красногвардейский or краснохолмский but splitting should help.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Hmm....I'll try that. For some reason, my overwhelmed mind didn't think of that.

[odin2000.livejournal.com]

Hi! Жидкокристаллический=jidkocristallicheskii*
jidkocristallicheskii=jidko + cristall + icheskii
Are you all really can't pronounce this word, created from your cristall?

*in this transcription j=ж, and c=к

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I've been saying it correctly then...I guess my tutor doesn't know that word or something....because she kept giving me Gidkakristalicheskiy, meaning catholic jew or something like that.

[constpd.livejournal.com]

[‘жыт-ка-крис-та-’ли-чис-кий]

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Спасибо. :-)