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Originally Posted by library addict
Yeah, I think we're on the same page about Anastasia. Stressing the second syllable in Valentin does sound strange.
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One last post on this. I mentioned earlier that I have a couple of coworkers who speak Russian. I asked one to tell me how she'd say Valentin and Anastasia.
She said they'd say Val-en-TEEN (like Valentino, without the O) and .... Anna-sta-CEE-ya, which the narrator actually got right!