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-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoRare British win. Also though, a lot of people seem unreasonably upset about English speakers pronouncing words differently to how they are in their native languages when that’s just how accents work.
minus-squarelorty@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf english speakers weren’t specially insufferable about pronunciation then maybe they wouldn’t care.
Rare British win.
Also though, a lot of people seem unreasonably upset about English speakers pronouncing words differently to how they are in their native languages when that’s just how accents work.
If english speakers weren’t specially insufferable about pronunciation then maybe they wouldn’t care.