Subj : Russian surnames
To   : alexander koryagin
From : Roy Witt
Date : Fri Jul 06 2018 22:01:01

alexander koryagin wrote to Roy Witt:

 ak>>>>> At the beginning of the name or at its end?

 RW>>>> No emphasis...they all seem to be two sylable names, except
 RW>>>> maybe the last one could be three.

 RW>>>> Dudi-caugh
 RW>>>> Kar-loff
 RW>>>> Deg-tereff or Deg-ter-eff

 ak>>> Until this moment, I thought that every word in English has its
 ak>>> proper emphasis. Sometimes a word can have two emphases....

 RW>> Or even more.

 ak> But, IMHO, there is the main emphasis and others are minor. So, where
 ak> is the main emphasis when you read Degtereff, for instance? Suppose,
 ak> you spell it quickly.

I would think that the emphasis would be in the mind of the beholder. One
English native might have a different opinion of where to place it. i.e.
my wife is an English teacher and she would place the emphasis perhaps,
differently than I would. She is of course, able to distinguish such
things much easier than I because she is more language oriented.

She insists that we pronounce 'filet mignon' be said as 'phil-ay Meenyon'
or some such. (French for "cute fillet" or "dainty fillet") I say that
we're living in an English language society, not a French society and that
wwe should say 'phil-let mig-non' instead.

OTH, here in Texas, the eating emphasis is on a slice of bacon (pork)
wrapped around the filet, which makes it more tender than a simple filet
would normally be.


         R\%/itt


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