Hi, Roy Witt -> alexander koryagin!  
  I read your message from  17.07.2013 04:27  
  about Russian surnames.  
    
   ak>>>> This question is for native speakers.  
   ak>>>> When you read in a newspaper Russian second names, like  
   ak>>>> Dudikoff, Karloff, Degtereff where do you put an emphasis?  
   ak>>>> At the beginning of the name or at its end?  
    
   RW>>> No emphasis...they all seem to be two sylable names, except  
   RW>>> maybe the last one could be three.  
    
   RW>>> Dudi-caugh  
   RW>>> Kar-loff  
   RW>>> Deg-tereff or Deg-ter-eff  
    
   ak>> Until this moment, I thought that every word in English has its  
   ak>> proper emphasis. Sometimes a word can have two emphases....  
    
   RW> Or even more.  
    
  But, IMHO, there is the main emphasis and others are minor. So, where is  
  the main emphasis when you read Degtereff, for instance? Suppose, you  
  spell it quickly.  
    
  Bye, Roy!  
  Alexander Koryagin  
  ENGLISH_TUTOR 2013  
    
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