American Citizen: How do you say "Moscow" in Russian?
Russian Citizen: "Moskva".
American Citizen: But you write it out like "Mockba".
Russian Citizen: Oh no, Cyrillic alphabet may look similar to the Latin alphabet but they have different pronunciation. Have you heard of Faux Cyrillic before?
Russian Citizen: "Moskva".
American Citizen: But you write it out like "Mockba".
Russian Citizen: Oh no, Cyrillic alphabet may look similar to the Latin alphabet but they have different pronunciation. Have you heard of Faux Cyrillic before?
by ave_scientia January 15, 2019