FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 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-square59fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-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-22 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-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-squareMindfury [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 months agothey can do this one instantly, but scores of media outlets either took forever or haven’t even got Turkiye down yet I still think a funny bit is just pretending to not accept the Cyrillic alphabet and calling it “Knib”
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoTbh turkiye kinda weirds me out. I have never heard anyone complaon about it before.
they can do this one instantly, but scores of media outlets either took forever or haven’t even got Turkiye down yet
I still think a funny bit is just pretending to not accept the Cyrillic alphabet and calling it “Knib”
Tbh turkiye kinda weirds me out. I have never heard anyone complaon about it before.