My friend held up "Здравствуйте" as an example, saying it was "zdravstvoo-EE-tye" rather than "ZDRAV-stvooytye."
Also, something I forgot to ask: How do you pronounce Ы and Щ? No two websites seem to agree. And, since you know Russian natively, how do Ь and Ъ really affect letters?
Thanks for the help,
-PC