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in reply to a message by lisabecs
pah-vyel
In Russian there are two E characters - one pronounced eh and the other pronounced yeh. The character in Pavel is yeh. But it's important to say pah-vyel, not pahv-yel!
Now, I wonder what would please her,
Charlotte, Julia, or Louisa?
Ann and Mary, they're too common;
Joan's too formal for a woman;
Jane's a prettier name beside;
But we had a Jane that died.
They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
That she was a little Quaker.
From poem [1809] by Charles Lamb
In Russian there are two E characters - one pronounced eh and the other pronounced yeh. The character in Pavel is yeh. But it's important to say pah-vyel, not pahv-yel!
Now, I wonder what would please her,
Charlotte, Julia, or Louisa?
Ann and Mary, they're too common;
Joan's too formal for a woman;
Jane's a prettier name beside;
But we had a Jane that died.
They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
That she was a little Quaker.
From poem [1809] by Charles Lamb
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