FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 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-square92fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-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-28 months agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-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-squareClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·8 months agoNo seriously it seems insane to officially change the English name and make a big stink about it but use a letter that isn’t in the English alphabet? Just skip the umlaut wtf are you doing
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoNot to mention it’s nationalist BS driven by Erdogan as a popularity stunt
No seriously it seems insane to officially change the English name and make a big stink about it but use a letter that isn’t in the English alphabet? Just skip the umlaut wtf are you doing
Not to mention it’s nationalist BS driven by Erdogan as a popularity stunt