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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, it's not even the longest. Magadan, anyone?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

From Zapolarniy to Magadan, 1 hour more:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is there actually a road connecting those points?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, but it's mostly gravel at the last stretch. And it's harsh, especially in winter, gotta make sure your car is in perfect condition and is full of fuel. There's a reason it's called "the road of bones"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R504_Kolyma_Highway

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Apparently

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, help me out here. What is the little letter after н and before и? I learned to read Cyrillic from Serbian and they didn't use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Заполярный? Ы. If you pronounce it as e/i you can get "cute"(мило) instead of "soap"(мыло).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

How is it normally pronounced? Both e and i in English can be pronounced in a lot of different ways, so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"? I'm used to и being the "tree" sound

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"?

Neither. But 'й' sounds like 'y' in "way“.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/N8TYZabKUNA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So it's sort of an ü? That's what my brain hears in the video.

Checking against the ipa given on Wikipedia, I get that ы is the close central unrounded vowel while ü is the close front unrounded vowel. Listening to the audio samples on those pages, I literally cannot hear the difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

~~There is small difference, but close enough.~~ Yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I can feel the difference when I say it, but... Well, suffice to say it's not a sound in any of the languages I speak well.

Thanks for indulging a curious language nerd.