Comment on YSK that Elena Kostyuchenko is an extraordinarily brave woman.

thisbenzingring@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• thisbenzingring@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  can someone help me make her name sound out in verbal English?

  Elena iget bu

  Kostyuchenko

  cost you chen co ?

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  • OwlPaste@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    kost you chen ko

    the you sound is shorter than English you and that should be it

    is hiw i would say it i thinking its Ukrainian origin (and nearby countries)#

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  • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If they were an athlete, American announcers would say “KOTS-A-CHANKO”.

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    kah-styoo-che-ngkoh is what I found.

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The ‘ka’ takes into account that ‘o’ tends to be pronounced as ‘ah’ when not in a stressed syllable. But it’s not necessary, ‘ko’ would be more correct to the spelling and so better for international speakers.

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  • altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Khos tu(ne) chen ko.

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