Say what?

In a semi-serious article asking “Where Did All Those Gorgeous Russians Come From?” brought on by watching the Australian (tennis) Open, Anne Applebaum reminds me of a somewhat-related question I asked about fifteen years ago: “How much training was required for American television sportscasters before they could pronounce names like Kournikova, Linetskaya and Poutchkova, and …

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