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Sorry but you are all wrong...
I go by the Russian script for pronouncing the Russian names; it says on the 'Ekaterina' name page that you would pronounce this yeh-kat-er-ee-nah. The 'e' is definately not silent, and it is not eh-kat-er-ee-nah (if it was pronounced this way the 'e' at the beginning of the Russian script would be a backwards captial 'N' instead). Hope this helps!
~Arie~
I go by the Russian script for pronouncing the Russian names; it says on the 'Ekaterina' name page that you would pronounce this yeh-kat-er-ee-nah. The 'e' is definately not silent, and it is not eh-kat-er-ee-nah (if it was pronounced this way the 'e' at the beginning of the Russian script would be a backwards captial 'N' instead). Hope this helps!
~Arie~
This message was edited 3/5/2006, 12:47 AM
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Sorry but...
I am Bulgarian and Elfstone is Russian, so I dare say we know a little bit more on the matter than you. And I promise you that Ekaterina is pronounced with an e-sound in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Also, please check the pronunciation guide: http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php The "backwards N" that you are refering to is transcribed as "i" (on this site, and everywhere else), not "e".
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
I am Bulgarian and Elfstone is Russian, so I dare say we know a little bit more on the matter than you. And I promise you that Ekaterina is pronounced with an e-sound in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Also, please check the pronunciation guide: http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php The "backwards N" that you are refering to is transcribed as "i" (on this site, and everywhere else), not "e".
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
This message was edited 3/5/2006, 8:51 PM
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you pronounce it, katerina, silent E. and the a in katerina is a soft a, not a like cat but like u in under.
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Wha-? No.
I wonder why some people assume their guesses are the truth...
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
I wonder why some people assume their guesses are the truth...
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
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EH-kah-teh-ri-nah
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In Russia, it's the 4th syllable that is stressed:
eh-kah-teh-REE-nah
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'Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow,' she said. 'Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all.'
'Smith of Wootton Major' J.R.R.Tolkien
eh-kah-teh-REE-nah
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'Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow,' she said. 'Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all.'
'Smith of Wootton Major' J.R.R.Tolkien
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