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On 1/10/2017 1:47 PM, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:38:20 -0800 (PST), Robert Carnegie
> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
>> Google Groups in my web browser showed it the same
>> as the start of the word "Lunokhod" in Wikipedia.
>> I'm afraid of accidentally learning more than my
>> brain can safely hold if I allow myself to wonder
>> how Russian letter Pi has the sound of English "L".
>
> It doesn't.  A squared-off, straight-line pi is P.  The L has a curled
> left leg and is derived from how medieval monks wrote lambda.
>
>> I respect greatly the achievements of Russian people,
>> one of which is to speak Russian.
>
> It's not really all THAT hard a language.  Just remember to never open
> your mouth wide or draw your tongue back too far and you'll be able to
> handle the pronunciation -- it's designed to be spoken in stupidly
> cold weather.
>
So all the hundred syllable names are there to blow enough warm air over 
your lips to keep them from freezing and falling off?

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