[mova] G and H - Slavorum says no difference

[Nadiya Strishenets]

Right. It is written in Russian. I am a Mova member not less then about 10 years already.  Nadiya Strishenets                        
Senior Researcher, Acquisitions and Collection Development Center 
V.Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine 
3, pr. 40-richia Zhovtnia Kyiv, 03039 
Tel. 38 (044) 524-4597 
nadiyastr at yahoo.com www.nbuv.gov.ua 

    On Monday, October 17, 2016 6:29 PM, I Bell <ib at magma.ca> wrote:
 

 Is it written with two 'cc'  in Russian ?
And great to have someone from Vernadsky National Library in Mova ! 
Hello Nadiya !
        Irena
PS  unfortunately my system can only read some cyrillic, depending on 
fonts used ...

At 11:07 AM 10/17/2016, Nadiya Strishenets wrote:
>  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: <mailto:ib at magma.ca>ib at magma.ca
> >The second "fact" about Ukrainians listed in this article surprised me.
> ><<http://www.slavorum.org/interesting-facts-about-the-ukrainian-lan 
> guage-you-may-want-to-know/>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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