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[Mike Orr]

ben wrote:

>I don't know what the Russian term is
>for the diacrit above, say, the Russian "i-short" letter is, but I could
>definitely see 'ogonyok' as being a candidate. 
>

It's called a breve in English, or informally a cup.  I wouldn't think 
of it as fire-like.  But I suppose to a hotheaded secret agent....

My Russian teacher used to ding people for not using the cup, saying 
"it's not a diacrit, it's part of the letter".  Unlike the e-umlaut, 
which was OK to leave off because most Russians do.