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Posted by: deccie

Ok, this ones got me stumped.. even after much googling. All I found was diagreement.
Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation of "Ksenia"? I know it's equivalent to Xenia but it seems Westerners are somewhat known for mispronouncing that too!

thanks

Andrew

Posted by: anthonyd

well looking at that in English may result in different pronunciation in Russian. How is this name spelt in Cyrillic?

Reading it in English, or translit text, I would pronunciate "Ksenia" as:

"k'se-niya"...but I am still a newbie and learning =

Is her name spelled Ксэня in Russian?

Posted by: Helios

I think however you pronounce that in English is correct. There isn't really a difference betwee a Russian and a Wetstern pronounciation. Ксения is how you spell it

Posted by: deccie

Thanks.. I did quite alot of reading about Greek and Russian to try to work it out.