Hard-Y

On a snowy night

in December 2008,

I noticed

a Russian letter

that looked

like a "bl"

in the English language.

When I discovered it,

I asked myself two questions,

"What is that letter?"

One minute later,

I responded,

"It is a hard-y."

It'd create

that worrisome noise

one would make

when punching a pillow

or pulling a rope.

Y

as in Emily

or hockey

in English

was bl

as in torty

or slony

in Russian.

Y or bl

was the most

head-scratching

but fascinating letter

of the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Authors notes:

torty: cake (plural)

slony: elephants