How do *you* pronounce "Putin"?

[CJCRANE]

1) POO - TIN

2) POOT - IN

3) Other

[NuclearDem]

1. ASS-HOLE

[shenmue]

35. Win!

Ding!

[warrior1]

2. You pronounce it, Dictator.

[johnp3907]

3. POOT'n

[Rex]

4. POOTY POOT.

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[bigwillq]

5. POOP-IN

[BeyondGeography]

6. Putain

[quinnox]

7. President Putin of Russia

[frazzled]

8. Rhymes with "Yer darn tootin'"

As in:

Yer darn tootin'
Crimea's with Putin

[unblock]

9. throatwobbler mangrove.

[NuclearDem]

11. You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

[fascisthunter]

10. USA Boogeyman #112,138

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. Putin is skeerier, and easier to pronounce than "Guevara".

[Skidmore]

21. Putin s no Quevara...

not even close.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. He's no Emma Goldman either, but they all made the bogeyman list.

[LanternWaste]

25. Melodramatic allegation, little fella...

Melodramatic allegation, little fella...

[fascisthunter]

29. no, not really

just having fun, big guy.

[Kelvin Mace]

12. If I can remember my Russian 101

POO-teen. His first name would be pronounced vlah-DEE-meer.

"I"s in Russian are pronounced like an English long "e".

[Igel]

23. Yeah.

Bits are right.

Vladymir, not "vladimir." So the middle vowel isn't an "ee" sound. Well, phonologically it's the same vowel, but the "d" is hard (not palatalized) so it's not like the "ee" in "beet". The final vowel, in -mir, is more ee-like. It's just not very long in duration.

Using ' for stress, . to show a syllable break, and , for palatalization: [vla.'di.m,ir].

Same for Putin: ['pu.t,in]. The /u/ takes a while to say, but the /i/ is very brief.

When I go whole-hog Anglophone I aspirate the /p/, as well.

[PeteSelman]

13. The correct way.

[Voice for Peace]

14. Poot'n

[Xyzse]

15. 3) Pew-tin

[Journeyman]

16. Peter Boyle can help you with that . . .

[yuiyoshida]

17. In Russia....

very CARFULLY!!!!

"WHAT A COUNTRY!!"

[okaawhatever]

19. +100 nt

[El Supremo]

18. Just like the other autocrats:

[dlwickham]

26. by autocrats you mean dictators?

[opiate69]

22. I had to look up the Cyrillic spelling.

Пу́тин

Definitely "Poo-teen"

[myrna minx]

24. So ~ he's smothered in gravy and cheese curds?

[opiate69]

31. Hey.. Not my particular kink, but, whatever works for ya lol

[Xithras]

27. Yep. POO-teen is correct. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

28. With the same sneering contempt with which I pronounce the names of other

homophobic bigots.

[Shrike47]

32. Rootin' Tootin' Putin, like God intended.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

33. Gotta go with DEVO

Pooty Poo-Poo

[FarCenter]

34. Pooh-tin

http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d138/Vladimir_Putin

[WatermelonRat]

36. Bad Vlad

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