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How is the name Vyacheslav pronunced?
I'm performing Charlotte Pomerantz's "The Choosing of the Name" for Forensics this year (along with Johnny Cash's "Boy Named Sue" and Charles Lamb's "Choosing a Name"), and the name Vyacheslav is used. All the others are easy, but I'm not sure how to say this one!
Thanks!
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I'm performing Charlotte Pomerantz's "The Choosing of the Name" for Forensics this year (along with Johnny Cash's "Boy Named Sue" and Charles Lamb's "Choosing a Name"), and the name Vyacheslav is used. All the others are easy, but I'm not sure how to say this one!
Thanks!
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My first thought would be, you pronounce it exactly the way it's spelled :). But since that is not obvious to a non-Slavic speaker, here goes:
The ya is the tricky part. It's a short i as in sit and an a as in apple blended to form one sound. Sorry, that's as best as I can explain it.
The rest is easy: VYA-ches-lav (all vowels are short)
The ya is the tricky part. It's a short i as in sit and an a as in apple blended to form one sound. Sorry, that's as best as I can explain it.
The rest is easy: VYA-ches-lav (all vowels are short)
This message was edited 1/16/2005, 11:12 AM
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