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

• 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 ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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