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bambataa | 2 years ago

When I studied Russian we were taught (by native speakers) that щ was pronounced “shch”. But then when we went to Russia literally everyone pronounced it like a longer and softer ш. I still don’t really understand what happened there.

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nine_k|2 years ago

You will hear "shch" in St. Petersburg, and a softened "sh" in Moscow. AFAICT more regional variations exist, e.g. sounding like "sht".

Interestingly, you will also hear "shch" in Bulgaria.