Talk:Yo (Cyrillic)
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True or false: this letter is written as a plain E except in Russian texts for learners which is when it is written with the diaresis. 66.245.78.144 17:20, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- False. It is also used to distinguish words such as всё and все that would otherwise be ambiguous. It also occurs in transcriptions from such languages as Chinese and Korean. It is regularly used in dictionaries, and it often appears in the lyrics of songs to facilitate reading. I've noticed that more and more writing on the Web uses it consistently. Shorne 04:31, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Ё = fuck?
On the web I found some pages that translated Ё or yo with f---. Is that normal informal usage in Russian?--Hhielscher 16:49, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- To a small degree. It can't be used alone as a replacement for "fuck", but in some forms it can (the origin is from ebat/yobanij/etc. - the Russian word for fuck in various forms, but the meaning is closer to "shit!"). The example forms are "Yo Pe Re Se Te", a play on O P R S T (the alphabet sequence, as if the speaker didn't want to swear, but recite the alphabet) and "Yo Mo-yo" (literally "My Yo"). But "Yo" can't be used by itself.
- It's not Ё. It's Ёб! from ебать = to fuck. --193.239.170.30 05:48, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
What's the "Civil" alphabet? Anton 03:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- The Grazhdanka. See Reforms of Russian orthography. —Michael Z. 2005-12-22 05:31 Z
Remember 'Yo, Blair'? Though I don't think Bush speaks Russian. --Vladko 03:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
