Certainly long before the Louisiana purchase, and other westward expansion. Russia is less of a prison of nations that the US is.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    Most importantly I just love me a good zh (and kh) sound.

    Me to Americans when they pronounce it like a Z or a K: :top-use-words:

    • kristina [she/her]
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      also fuckin england shouldnt exist according to these people and replaced with like 15 different countries, half of which would be controlled by the welsh

      based

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Apparently Welsh nationalists are working on it, and to them I say god speed.

    • Hotspur21 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      How are you supposed to pronounce them? I usually say zh like a soft j and idk about kh

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        Soft j is good. For kh it's closer to a hard h, so similar to the Scottish pronunciation for loch. Like it's not exactly an h, but imo it's a better approximation of the pronunciation than a k sound.