I don’t think so. Maybe that is because some latvians, that are from russian families can not pronounce the O sound we use in latvian language. Russian language has other sound for the O, so if they have an accent, they will probably use the sound that they know best.
P.S. I think the best known thing, that divided the latvians was COVID. 😀 Allot of people believed it was just a conspiracy… But then again.. whole world had people like those.
Another controversial topic amongst latvians is – Are all places outside of Riga considered countryside? Some think that only Riga is a proper city, and all other places are just farmers villages. (That is obviously not true), but allot of people think that.
Klikis on
Yes, in our language “o” gets pronounced like q*ua*lification, but foreign words with an b*o*il sound.
In case of novembris tomāts and a few others people mispronounce these words with the “ua” sound
Dry-Home-3303 on
nope, first time hearing that we are divided by this.
Pleasant_Start1771 on
Yes. When I lived in dorms several years back, my roomate always corrected me.
afriendlyfellow_ on
I say Nuavembris (i am from kurzem)
Hot-Income on
If I hear someone say Nuovembris I die inside a little bit.
wayforyou on
First time hearing about this
pocketsfullofpasta on
Not really. There are people who say n[uo]vembris and people who are wrong.
dildar_the_annoyer on
Borscht without Smetina is a good enough reason to invade ukraina.
Bananchiks00 on
The only thing I could think of is novembris and NOvembris kinda hard the explain the emphasis of O.
kristal119022023 on
Hard o should be correct.
In Latvian, there are 2 O’s as you said, vowels, and diphthongs – aka 2 vowels together (as in ua). Some letters only appear in foreign words, like f and h, and in most of said words, the towel aka the hard o appears. Novembris, is also foreign, from November, so it should have the vowel o
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I don’t think so. Maybe that is because some latvians, that are from russian families can not pronounce the O sound we use in latvian language. Russian language has other sound for the O, so if they have an accent, they will probably use the sound that they know best.
P.S. I think the best known thing, that divided the latvians was COVID. 😀 Allot of people believed it was just a conspiracy… But then again.. whole world had people like those.
Another controversial topic amongst latvians is – Are all places outside of Riga considered countryside? Some think that only Riga is a proper city, and all other places are just farmers villages. (That is obviously not true), but allot of people think that.
Yes, in our language “o” gets pronounced like q*ua*lification, but foreign words with an b*o*il sound.
In case of novembris tomāts and a few others people mispronounce these words with the “ua” sound
nope, first time hearing that we are divided by this.
Yes. When I lived in dorms several years back, my roomate always corrected me.
I say Nuavembris (i am from kurzem)
If I hear someone say Nuovembris I die inside a little bit.
First time hearing about this
Not really. There are people who say n[uo]vembris and people who are wrong.
Borscht without Smetina is a good enough reason to invade ukraina.
The only thing I could think of is novembris and NOvembris kinda hard the explain the emphasis of O.
Hard o should be correct.
In Latvian, there are 2 O’s as you said, vowels, and diphthongs – aka 2 vowels together (as in ua). Some letters only appear in foreign words, like f and h, and in most of said words, the towel aka the hard o appears. Novembris, is also foreign, from November, so it should have the vowel o
Then, yet again, it can be the diphthong o too
Novembris, EZ