http://upthera44.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] upthera44.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] learn_russian 2007-10-08 06:38 am (UTC)

I second all people saying it's a hypercorrection. I'm teaching English in Russia currently to Russian college students and I sometimes here them do this with words starting with "v"-- they say "w" instead. I think they just get confused.
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