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FizzyWater · 06-15-2017, 08:27 PM

Listening to an audiobook today with a main character "Valentin". The character is supposed to be Russian.

Not being Russian, I can't say for sure, but I'm expecting this to be read as "VAL-en-tin".

The narrator is saying "Val-IN-tin" - which is jarring enough to me, given I'm expecting the other - but about 80% of the time, she's actually saying "Val-IN-tee-in" (as if it were spelled Valentian, not Valentin". It's driving me a little bit crazy.

ETA: Oh, and there's a character "Anastasia" - and she's pronouncing it "Ah-na-sta-SEE-ya".

06-15-2017, 08:27 PM	#69
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Listening to an audiobook today with a main character "Valentin". The character is supposed to be Russian. Not being Russian, I can't say for sure, but I'm expecting this to be read as "VAL-en-tin". The narrator is saying "Val-IN-tin" - which is jarring enough to me, given I'm expecting the other - but about 80% of the time, she's actually saying "Val-IN-tee-in" (as if it were spelled Valentian, not Valentin". It's driving me a little bit crazy. ETA: Oh, and there's a character "Anastasia" - and she's pronouncing it "Ah-na-sta-SEE-ya". Last edited by FizzyWater; 06-15-2017 at 08:55 PM.