Re: UCA and Russian letter Ё

Hello,

Leo Broukhis hatte geschrieben:
> In Russian, the difference between Е and Ё is primary at the beginning
> of a word as they are considered distinct letters of the alphabet, yet
> secondary in the middle of a word, as the dieresis over Ё is not
> mandatory. As an example, ель < ёлка, but тёлка < тель, see
> http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%d0%9e%d1%80%d1%84%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9_%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%8c_%d1%80%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b3%d0%be_%d1%8f%d0%b7%d1%8b%d0%ba%d0�

Am 2012-12-21 um 20:05 Uhr schrieb Leif Halvard Silli:
> My Moscow Russian-Norwegian from 1987 and my Pocket Oxford Russian
> Dictionary from 2003 agree that both list words on Ё and Е under the
> same category – namely, under the letter Е.

So do both “Русско-Немецкий Словар” (Moskow,1955) and “Langenscheidts
Taschenwörterbuch”, 4. Aufl. (Berlin 1963).

Hence, I deem Leo’s example a red herring.

Best wishes for a merry Xmas (or whatever) and a happy New Year,
   Otto
Received on Sun Dec 23 2012 - 06:58:57 CST