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Sochi

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JeanSeberg · 08/02/2014 10:26

Can someone tell the BBC presenters how to pronounce this correctly please? It's a 'ch' not a 'sh' and a short 'o'.

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NinjaKangaroo · 09/02/2014 02:41

I come from Sochi and say it as sawhchi (like saw but closer to the short o). Confused I've heard someone say it a sowchi (as in to sow/sowing). Hmm

JeanSeberg · 09/02/2014 07:35

Exactly, not So-shi!

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