Elonka wrote:
] Mindraker2 wrote:
] ] PRINYATIMI MERAMI SPLANIROVANNAYA PROTIVNIKOM
] ] VRAZjDEBNAYA AKTSIYA BWILA SORVANA.
] ]
] ]
] ] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd
] ] like
] ] ] to use the phrase too!
]
] Cool, thanks! I posted a quickie MP3 of my first shot at
] pronunciation here: http://elonka.com/foiled.mp3 .
]
] Let me know what I need to improve, or even better, post your
] own sound file so I can emulate?
]
] Thanks,
]
] Elonka :)

Dear Ms. Elonka (and Memestreams):
Considering I have a very bad headcold, I would sound like someone drowning right now. :) However, my knowledge of Russian pronunciation is not sufficient enough to critique others -- I do have a serious question, however, when I took a Russian class I trilled my R's perhaps a little overenthusiastically because of my experience with other foreign languages. I don't hear you actively trilling your R. What is the proper pronunciation for the Russian R? Does this vary from region to region? Or from country to country?
-Wilson
PS I tried getting the phonetic alphabet for the transcription, but I figured, if the Cyrillic didn't work in memestreams, phonetic alphabets probably wouldn't either. It was easier to fake it the way I did anyway. :D

RE: KGB Document in the Sanborn Files

PRINYATIMI MERAMI SPLANIROVANNAYA PROTIVNIKOM
VRAZjDEBNAYA AKTSIYA BWILA SORVANA.

Elonka wrote:
] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd like
] to use the phrase too!
]
] Elonka :)

RE: KGB Document in the Sanborn Files

ÏÐÈÍßÒÛÌÈ ÌÅÐÀÌÈ ÑÏËÀÍÈÐÎÂÀÍÍÀß ÏÐÎÒÈÂÍÈÊÎÌ ÂÐÀÆÄÅÁÍÀß ÀÊÖÈß ÁÛËÀ ÑÎÐÂÀÍÀ.
If the text there is illegible for some reason, click here:
http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/pdfs/sakharov/kgb82-2.pdf

Jello wrote:
] ] I also have to admit that I was amused by the formal
] language
] ] of the KGB document. For example, it ends with a final
] ] paragraph which reads, "As a result of measures taken, the
] ] hostile plans of the adversary have been foiled." So now I
] ] and my friends are using that line in daily speech. Like if
]
] ] we go to a restaurant and argue about what to get on the
] menu,
] ] someone will call out, "The hostile plans of the adversary
] ] have been foiled!" :)
]
] Elonka: Do you have the original Russian of this phrase? I
] would very much like to use this in normal speech, and I doubt
] I can translate it back and maintain the soviet flair.

RE: KGB Document in the Sanborn Files