Comments by "turquoisestones" (@turquisestones) on "Project Great" channel.

  1. I guess many people here need to understand that reason none of these airplanes were hidden away and were left out in the open is part of the agreement with the US. Now Russia has no imaginable reasons to stick to those terms.
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  2. Take some digital pills and restore you voice soon!
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  3. Isn't it a machine voice?
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  4. "K in the Kherson is silent, you don't need to vocalize it." - You don't need to teach foreigners how to pronounce names of Russian cities, towns, villages, etc. when they use them while speaking in English. After all, do you think that when you speak Russian you pronounce names of English cities the way they are pronounced in English? :) Of course, not!
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  5.  @brewsterly2927  Including my first language, I speak only three, among which two are fluently. And non of the three correctly - as I make mistakes even in my first language.
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  6. So I guess this was the promised Ukrainian surprise.
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  7. Bombing Yugoslavia in 1999 was the turning point for Russia. That was the moment when we, Russians, instantly became disillusioned with the West, especially with the USA, and realized that from that day on we were to follow our own path. That was the point when our trust in the West was instantly and completely dissolved. Shortly after, Yeltsin chose Putin as prime minister and later ensured, by stepping down, that Putin would become the next president. Everything we see now is a direct consequence of what happened in 1999. Later, I visited the USA several times and was shocked to find that many of my American friends not only didn’t understand the significance of that event but weren’t even aware of the bombings!
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  8. It's funny to see how CNN has resumed showing maps again with this Kursk incursion. Prior to that it was almost like the conflict was frozen and no advancements of Russians at all.
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  9. Is "many equipments" really grammatically correct in English?
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  10. @ Who condemns whom and of what?
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  11.  @robbielad  "Putin Khuilo" is a product of a sick Ukrainian mind, don't you agreee?
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  12.  @glenncarver9049  :) And even then the way Russians say 'Нью Джерси' sounds a far cry from how 'New Jersey' sounds in English.
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  13.  @glenncarver9049  No, it shouldn't. Any nation or people is free to pronounce foreign names whatever way they want in their own language.
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  14.  @glenncarver9049  "but if there is one correct way to pronounce something or when none were supplied in case of Kherson this should warant a remark in the comment section" - Well, you are free to make any remarks here even without that. However, there is no such rule that if "there is one correct way to pronounce" or "when none were supplied" then foreigners should follow some remarks from the natives. Foreigners are still free to pronounce things whatever way they want as long as they are using them in their own language. "this is HEIR SON. It needs no K because it was made through transliteration" - I would say that it really needs "K" if English speakers find it more convenient to pronounce it that way. The Russian sound [х] is non-existent in English phonology, so English speakers often opt for either [k] or [h] instead. However, which one of these two would be used depends on a whole lot of factors, which would take hours to discuss here. While pronouncing "HEIR SON" in isolation may seem easier, the situation may differ when used in a sentence. In such cases, having [k] would likely enhance clarity in pronunciation. "nor New Jersey which sound is NOT a far cry from how it sounds in English" - Yes, it IS far cry. You may think that that's not a big deal but the way the Russians pronounce 'ер' in 'Нью-Джерси' is, of course, absolutely different from the way native English speakers pronounce 'er' in 'New Jersey' and that really grates on their ear. Besides, 'Нью-' and '-си' in 'Нью-Джерси' are also different from 'New-' and '-sey' in 'New Jersey'. At times it is really funny to see how non-natives are confident that they sound "just like native English speakers" when they speak English while in fact that don't. "It needs no K because it was made through transliteration" - Once again, there is no one unique way of how various names are adopted from one language into another. At times, it may be through transliteration, at times through how the word was first heard, and yet at other times the semantics of the word will be followed. Besides, there may be some other factors involved, for example, the way the name sounds in the first language may sound too similar to some inappropriate word in the second, in which case some changes in pronunciation will deliberately be made.
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  15. I really liked today's report on CNN: "Ukrainian forces blew up one more bridge as they continue their incursion deeper into Russian territories around Kursk." Only a dummy wouldn't ask, "If they're pressing on into Russian territory, why the heck did they need to blow up that bridge?" :)
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  16. You literally said nothing about the Kursk region... :(
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  17. I like your DAILY reports, but sadly many of them are not daily.
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