[mova] RE: [UkrCdnBroadcasters] Re: accent: VOlyn' or VolYn' ?

[K&I Bell]

Aren't those dictionaries Soviet-era ones ? Strange that people in 
Volyn wouldn't know how to pronounce their own name, and would have 
to depend on outsiders to teach them.   Irena


At 09:39 AM 08/06/2006, you wrote:
From: "Marta Olynyk" <m.olynyk at sympatico.ca>

>This isn't a question of opinion, folks. Check any orthographic or
>etymological dictionary of the Ukrainian language, and you will find the
>stress on VolYn. So going by what "people say" in Ukraine, where the
>language has been the target of four hundred years of linguicide, or in the
>diaspora, where many people use a faulty Ukrainian, is no indication of
>correct linguistic usage.
>
>Volyn, with the stress on the O is used by halychany and is not the literary
>Ukrainian pronunciation.
>    _____
>
>From: UkrCdnBroadcasters at yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:UkrCdnBroadcasters at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vasyl Pawlowsky
>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:31 AM
>To: UkrCdnBroadcasters at yahoogroups.com
>Cc: mova at brama.com; leo at ablaze-productions.com
>Subject: [UkrCdnBroadcasters] Re: accent: VOlyn' or VolYn' ?
>
>Irena,
>
>I would agree with you with the stress on the first. Being immersed
>here in Ukraine, it seems to make sense to me.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Vasyl Pawlowsky
>
>On 6/8/06, K&I Bell <HYPERLINK "mailto:kib%40magma.ca"kib at magma.ca> wrote:
> > Dobryi den' -
> > In doing my radio programme, I'm conscious of, and
> > frequently run into differences of opinion, as to where the accent
> > should go in Ukrainian words. E.g. kAzhu vs kazhU; dAla vs dalA;
> > platYt' vs plAtyt' etc.
> > The latest example is Volyn (because of the Volyn Song &
> > Dance Co. coming to Ottawa on June 25), as I'll be promoting their
> > concert on radio. I've been used to VOlyn' rather than VolYn'. But
> > as my reference tools seem to indicate that the accent on the second
> > syllable, VolYn', is correct, I've been willing to change. Now I
> > learn that my friend's mother, who comes from Volyn, pronounces it
> > with the accent on the first syllable, VOlyn' !! So ! I assume that
> > both are correct !!??
> > Irena
> > ------------------------------------
> > Irena Bell, Producer & Host,
> > Ukrainian Radio Programme, CHIN Ottawa 97.9 FM
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