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Updated: October 10, 2026
Again, the English l is unknown in Russian, which possesses, on the other hand, two distinct l-sounds that the normal English speaker would find it difficult exactly to reproduce a "hollow," guttural-like l and a "soft," palatalized l-sound that is only very approximately rendered, in English terms, as ly.
"Really, Major I should say, Mr. Bellward you must take more pains than that. You are talking to me exactly as though I were a British Tommy. Tut, tut, this will never do, sir! You must talk thicker, more guttural-like, and open the vowels well." He had dropped his jesting manner altogether and spoke with the deep earnestness of the expert airing his pet topic.