Russian accent
Siberian speech pattern
A Russian accent is the characteristic way native Russian speakers sound when speaking English or other foreign languages.
Features include substituting /v/ for /w/, palatalized consonants, and distinctive stress patterns.
The term also refers to imitations of these speech patterns: He did a terrible Russian accent in the movie.
Russian accents are stock features of Cold War villains and spy comedies.
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