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MineralMan

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21. Yes, it is. And that's how the mistake got made here.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 03:57 PM

11 hrs ago

X in Russian or Ukrainian is an unvoiced velar fricative sound, like the ch Ich or ach in German. Z is pronounced like an initial Z in English.

Easy typo mistake to make, though.

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