From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds   
      
   Quadibloc wrote:   
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >    
   >> No.  I thought Chekov was an annoying twit, and they should have space   
   >> him.  Chekov was only good when being tortured or burned or maimed in   
   >> some way.  Substituting "W" for "R" and "L" isn't a Russian accent, it's   
   >> an Elmer Fudd speech impediment.   
   >    
   > Yes: Russian *does* have the letter V (it looks like B, and they also   
   > have a funny-looking B for B)... but, on the other hand, the consonant   
   > W doesn't even exist in Russian. But maybe he came from a part of   
   > Russia that spoke a dialect closer to Polish...   
   >    
   > John Savard   
      
   Or he was a young actor doing his best in an improbable role.   
      
   Natalie   
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