• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    equating respect for language with usage of the letter and vague guilt-tripping of people who don’t use it is elitist

    Indeed, anyone using ‘q’ is better than others.

    Oh wait, could you please check real quick if ‘ё’, a letter of the alphabet taught in school, maps unambiguously to a specific sound?

    the modified letter was proposed but never made generally mandatory

    Well maybe it was proposed because ‘ё’ denotes a very particular sound? Which, notably, Western languages can never quite approximate with their feeble ‘yo’ attempts, though Nordic languages do have a vaguely similar ‘ø’ or somesuch.

    The name Егор doesn’t follow it, but моего and сегодня do. Why?

    Well, perhaps because the letters are in a different position? Why is /ˈlɔɹəns/ of Arabia not pronounced akin to /ˈsɛsəl/ B. Demille?

    • antonim@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 days ago

      So yeah, you haven’t really responded to the statement that your position is elitist, or at least smartassery that no linguist actually supports.

      maybe it was proposed because ‘ё’ denotes a very particular sound?

      Indeed. And then it wasn’t made generally mandatory, and then the Russian language continued to work fine.

      Which, notably, Western languages can never quite approximate

      Why would that be remotely notable here? We’re talking about Russian spelling of Russian language.

      perhaps because the letters are in a different position?

      And what is that position that makes the difference?