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#1 Mar 07 2008 at 4:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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The new Russian President.

OK. It's spelled "Medvedev"

But how is it pronounced?:

  • MEDvyedev?
  • MedvYEdev?
  • MedeYev?
  • MedyeDEV?


Strangely, none of the above.

It's pronounced "Putin"
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#2 Mar 07 2008 at 4:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Med Vee Deev
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#3 Mar 07 2008 at 4:13 PM Rating: Good
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MEDvyedev would be my guess, but I liked the Putin joke all the same. =)
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#4 Mar 07 2008 at 4:22 PM Rating: Good
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Tare wrote:
MEDvyedev would be my guess, but I liked the Putin joke all the same. =)

Whenever I saw that guy on TV, it always made me think of Chips w/ gravy and Smiley: cheese
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#5 Mar 07 2008 at 4:36 PM Rating: Good
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"Moor Vedkev"
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#6 Mar 07 2008 at 5:08 PM Rating: Excellent
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Through no fault of his own, I always associate it with movie critic turned Republican radio host, Michael Medved.
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#7 Mar 08 2008 at 4:50 AM Rating: Good
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It's pronouned MED-Ved-Yef.

But yeah, it's the most low-key Russian election ever. But I'm sure all that means is that there's absolutely nothing to wrorry about Smiley: thumbsup.
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#8 Mar 08 2008 at 5:35 AM Rating: Good
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Anyway you want to, you just need to ad the vodka to slur it just right
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#9 Mar 08 2008 at 5:59 AM Rating: Good
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First one. Hopefully he'll increase mass exports of those shawls I adore.
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#10 Mar 10 2008 at 6:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Proper pronunciation of your favorite world leader. Smiley: smile




Edited, Mar 10th 2008 4:16pm by Elinda
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#11 Mar 10 2008 at 6:38 AM Rating: Good
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Lol, they were just destroying his name on NPR, pronouncing it in every way you described, Nobs. The news announcer fianlly just mumbled something like, "Mmmmph-a-dev" at the end of his segment.

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#12 Mar 10 2008 at 8:33 AM Rating: Good
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RedPhoenixxx wrote:
It's pronouned MED-Ved-Yef.


Flea'Lo wrote:
First one.
идиот Smiley: lol

Depends on the relative 'poshness' of the reader and where in Russia they're from.

Old RasPutin uses the formal Med-vYed-yev (a softer 'y' sound on the last syllable than on the 2nd). Some russkie newreaders even include a soft 'y' on the 1st syllable as well.

Hillary appears to get confused by a bunch of other syllables only she can hear Smiley: um



Edited, Mar 10th 2008 12:35pm by Nobby
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