шь & щ

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

Are шь and щ the same? Also, is this analogy correct:

щ : ш :: тщ : ч

Does the sound "тщ" (presumably as in Mandarin q) exist?

Comments

My two cents

[nale.livejournal.com]

"шь" и "щ" are not the same from any point of view, though you were talking about phonetics, I guess.

"шь" sounds exactly like "ш". "ь" serves only grammatical purposes, like indicating feminine gender in nouns (мышь - mouse vs камыш - reed, etc.) - but it doesn't affect the pronunciation of "ш".

Re: My two cents

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

Good to know, thank you.