My understanding is that Russian sometimes conflates /h/ with /g/ when transcribing foreign words because the Russian letter that normally makes the /g/ sound is pronounced as something similar to /h/ in Ukrainian (and maybe some dialects of Russian--I'm unclear on this).DreamTrawler wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:45 pmThanks! The fact that everyone kept asking "primarily famous" gave me a hunch and I knew Kasparov has some vocal political opinions.Hominidae wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:36 pmNo. Good catch.Aristocrat wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pmIs this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
That was fast! Well done. Fun fact: he was named after Harry Truman.
Did they change the H to a G on purpose or was it a translation thing?
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