On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 10:24:33 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 02:04:56 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:54:12 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:34:55 UTC, eles wrote:

> In British English, the Russian Moscow is pronounced Moss-coe. The Russians themselves call it Москва, pronounced Moskva.

*pronounced Maskvà

On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 11:18:49 UTC, eles wrote:
> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 10:24:33 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 02:04:56 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:54:12 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:34:55 UTC, eles wrote:
>
>> In British English, the Russian Moscow is pronounced Moss-coe. The Russians themselves call it Москва, pronounced Moskva.
>
> *pronounced Maskvà

I think that would be a little confusing to an english speaker, as most would pronounce the 'a' very hard and bright in that context. In reality it should be somewhere between an 'o' and an 'a', no?

The various pronunciations I could find: /məsˈkvɑː/ /ˈmɒs.kvə/ both in IPA english and [mɐˈskva] in IPA Russian. ə is kindof middling vowel, somewhere between short o,a and u. ɒ is short o. ɐ is equivalent to an english short 'u'.

On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 11:52:16 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 11:18:49 UTC, eles wrote:
>> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 10:24:33 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>>> On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 02:04:56 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:54:12 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 23:34:55 UTC, eles wrote:

> o. ɐ is equivalent to an english short 'u'.

The best way to properly pronounce it is to get the Russian citizenship. :P

On 12/16/13, eles <eles@eles.com> wrote:
> The best way to properly pronounce it is to get the Russian citizenship. :P

All you have to do is star in a few French films, wet yourself while on an airplane, and gain a lot of weight. :P

On Monday, 16 December 2013 at 15:02:38 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 12/16/13, eles <eles@eles.com> wrote:
>> The best way to properly pronounce it is to get the Russian
>> citizenship. :P
>
> All you have to do is star in a few French films, wet yourself while
> on an airplane, and gain a lot of weight. :P

Who needs citizenship? Just leak a few classified documents and you'll have to spend the rest of your life there anyway.