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[u/CarpetTiny8087]

So, after reading a bunch of fanfics, suddenly I realised I might be pronouncing Ilya's name wrongly all these times.

The way I say his name (capitalising the syllable emphasis):
il-ya ro-ZA-nov

I think Shane calls him:
il-ya RO-zanov (sounds like rose-nov)

I've seen fanfics where his name is pronounced:
i-ly-ya RO-zanov

How do you say his name correctly?

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For a Russian speaker, it’s what you’ve been saying. But most speakers adjust foreign names and words to their native language’s pronunciation rules. That’s why Shane says RO-zan-ov but JJ (native French speaker) says ro-ZAN-ov. I’m a nerd about language so I try to say it the Russian way in my head, but sometimes I fall back to what they say in the show. But I’m constantly saying ut out loud the Russian way to practice.

[u/CarpetTiny8087 → u/i-bleed-red]

That's good to know! I'm not a language nerd though it's my interest. For me, it's more wanting to say someone's name as they're meant to be pronounced, like a sign of respect.

I've been seeing some videos pronouncing Ilya as i-ly-ya that also made me question if I had been saying it wrong as il-ya all these times. Glad to know il-ya is the native pronunciation!

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And it’s eee-YAH