From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 10:20:35 CDT
On 14/07/2004 15:31, Alexander Savenkov wrote:
> ...
>
>>For in Russian these dots are considered highly optional, and
>>e with dots (pronounced o or yo - a spelling rule prescribes this
>>instead of o after certain letters when stressed) is not a separate
>>letter of the alphabet (contrast i kratkoe, Cyrillic i with breve, which
>>is a fully separate letter from i).
>>
>>
>
>That’s wrong, Peter. The letter «¸» is a separate letter. Please don’t
>spread your wrong assumptions in the list.
>
>
>
I meant this in the sense that the two letters are interfiled in
dictionaries, e.g.
åëåéíûé
¸ëêà
åëîâûé
¸ëî÷íûé
åëü
At least this is the ordering in my Collins Russian dictionary, and I
understand it to be the standard Russian ordering. Am I wrong here? By
contrast, è and é are not interfiled.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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