[mova] G and H - Slavorum says no difference

[Nadiya Strishenets]

 Dear all, as for me, Ukrainians see the difference between G and H. They might have problems with transliteration. I have another question: why in English texts the name of Ukrainian city Odesa is always written as  "Odessa". 
Thank you.
Sincerely, 
Nadiya Strishenets                        
Senior Researcher, Acquisitions and Collection Development Center 
V.Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine 
3, Holosiivsky pr., Kyiv, 03039 
Tel. 38 (044) 524-4597 
nadiyastr at yahoo.com www.nbuv.gov.ua 

    On Saturday, October 15, 2016 8:47 PM, I Bell <ib at magma.ca> wrote:
 

 Greetings Mova group - (do we still exist ?)  -
        Below, my recent correspondence with a friend.  If anyone 
has any comments re G and H , I'd be interested to hear  .... do 
Ukrainians in Ukraine really see no difference ...
                        Thanks,
                                Irena

>Envelope-to: ib at magma.ca
>The second "fact" about Ukrainians listed in this article surprised me.
><http://www.slavorum.org/interesting-facts-about-the-ukrainian-language-you-may-want-to-know/>http://www.slavorum.org/interesting-facts-about-the-ukrainian-language-you-may-want-to-know/ 
>
>I am absolutely certain that I can hear a distinct difference 
>between G and H, and could from day one.
>P....

Hi P..... -
        I can easily tell the difference too !    I think Russian 
has been so implanted in Ukrainian heads, that they may really not 
tell the difference, as there is no H in Russian.
        I remember that in Russian they talked and wrote of Golivud 
and Gitler  ... then they realized they'd better use the KH sound - 
KHolivud and KHitler, which was a bit better .... but still not great ...
        Ukrainians bought into it to such an extent that Gov Gen 
Hnatyshyn was welcomed in Ukraine with also English signs  - Gnatishin !
        I'm not on Facebook, so couldn't post a comment on the 
Slavorum site ...
                                Irena





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