FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months 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-23 months 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-squareDuży Szef [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI always spell it as Kijów XD
minus-squareDuży Szef [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoFor some reason I thought of Kraków, and foreigners pronouncing it as Crack Cow.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s correct pronounciation though, or at least should be considering what’s happening there.
minus-squareDuży Szef [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah it makes sense
I always spell it as Kijów XD
kachow
For some reason I thought of Kraków, and foreigners pronouncing it as Crack Cow.
It’s correct pronounciation though, or at least should be considering what’s happening there.
Yeah it makes sense