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      Well rug… Not carpet. And it’s literally saying the carpet is the mold. So it would better translate to rug-mold.

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        16 hours ago

        “Ковёр” is closer to “carpet” I’d argue. I’d translate “rug” as “коврик”

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          14 hours ago

          I would agree with you. There’s a regional difference I was born in Lvov Ukraine so I speak a more Ukrainian Russian. But I would venture to say that палас would be a more accurate word over all.

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      It’s probably google translated to Russian, since it’s just two nouns slapped together.

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        Yeah, Google Translate also translates carpet as “ковер” instead of the proper spelling (ковёр), and it actually does translate “carpet mold” as “ковер плесень” (instead of a more proper translation like “ковровая плесень” or “плесень в ковре”).

        I’d say it’s 99% google translate

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          Eh, both are proper spelling, I don’t think any Russian manual said it’s mandatory. The ë is used mainly in dictionaries, Russian schoolbooks, etc. where ambiguity should be minimal.

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            It’s also used by people who respect the language and don’t want to see it gradually turn into a shitshow like English where it’s spelled ‘Manchester’, pronounced ‘Liverpool’.

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              When was the last time you read a book which used ë regularly (as in, not just in cases as distinguishing все-всё)?

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                For better or worse, I’ve been reading almost exclusively in English for years, but also listening to English audiobooks wherein I learned a lot of new things about words that I’ve seen before. That’s precisely why I’ve become more entrenched in my belief that ‘ё’ shouldn’t be optional. And use it myself always.

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            Fair enough. I tend to use it because it just reduces scanning ambiguity when reading text quickly.