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Re:I hope you will never see this letter (1961) by rodary on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:21AM (#35566142)
That (the IPA designations) could, and probably is, helpful for breaking down sounds on paper but taking that /t/ from what is a manual of sorts and dropping it into a foreign transliteration is the opposite of helpful.

Everybody expect the French won't have any problem reading out without stumbling Chkalov or Chmil. Supplying the /t/ is a copout to please the French and, as a bonus, to piss of the Russians (especially the Chekalovs ones).

Re:I hope you will never see this letter (1961) by 20after4 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @04:30AM (#35588231)
A more perfect construct would piss off the French and Russians simultaneously.