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How about how Ekaterina Gordieva pronouces her name?
in reply to a message by Liza
I realize that she's Ukrainian (if I recall correctly), but since she's a professional skater, she needs to have a name that can be pronounced by as many people as is humanly possible.Bud blagosloven
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Hi Phyllis!
Thank you for your response!
Ekaterina Gordeeva is russian.As far as I remember she uses the short form of her name - Katia.Maybe my sister should stick with it?
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Pozhevaete, Liza. :)
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Khorosho :)
Phyllis, do you speak some russian or ukranian?
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Very little. I took a class in Russian back in 1984-1985, and I became extremely confused when the professor kept repeating the same English phrase: "This word (or phrase) isn't used in Russia." I feel that if more than 70% of words (or phrases) in a textbook aren't used by the native speakers, the textbook shouldn't be used, especially if the book costs somewhere around $95. I'd love to learn a lot more (I "collect" languages.)Perhaps sometime I'll post my college e-mail address and perhaps resume an online discussion (I haven't heard from the young man I started conversing with in over a year, so I'm pretty much giving up on him. :bigcry:)Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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