To: All
To: escapefromboston
I know, that new spelling annoys me also.
12 posted on
03/29/2022 7:50:31 AM PDT by
shadowlands1960
("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
To: escapefromboston
Not according to Ukraine.
They made the official Latin spelling of the name Kyiv in 1995. The Kiev spelling was more in line with Russian language translations used by the Soviet Union and Kyiv was more in line with Ukrainian language translations.
21 posted on
03/29/2022 8:00:55 AM PDT by
sipow
To: escapefromboston
36 posted on
03/29/2022 8:31:50 AM PDT by
Bobalu
(The Deep State is the new Soviet Union)
To: escapefromboston
Kiev is the transliteration of the Russian word for this city...Киев
Kyiv is the transliteration of the Ukrainian word for this city...Київ
104 posted on
03/29/2022 1:05:25 PM PDT by
deks
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