FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 month agoWe’re not going to succeed in making English the dumbest lingua franca by making the sounds match the letters. 20 vowel sounds for five vowel letters is language perfection
We’re not going to succeed in making English the dumbest lingua franca by making the sounds match the letters.
20 vowel sounds for five vowel letters is language perfection