Spelling and phonetics (Was: The amazing template which does nothing)

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 09:57:01 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 09:44:27 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> Just follow your natural way of speaking and you'll be fine. 
>> Read it out to yourself. And let's be honest, it sounds really 
>> crap when you read "an UFCS", bahhh!
>
> Yes, well, the problem is that "an U" sounds completely fine in 
> my head!
>
> The way you pronounce the U letter in the English alphabet is 
> the same (not sure if identical) as the Russian letter Ю, which 
> is considered a vowel in Russian.

In that case you'll just have to learn the rule: if it's a single 
letter, it has to be `an`. Sorry, I didn't realize that /j/ is 
treated as a vowel in Russian. I was thinking of languages I'm 
familiar with, and there /j/ is always treated as a consonant. Is 
the Russian sound a fricative or a pure vowel without any 
friction (= obstruction)?