FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-214 hours 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-square91fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-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-214 hours agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-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-squarean_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-26 hours agoalso its funny cuz nobody gets mad at the germans for saying “die Ukraine”. In fact theres a bunch of country names in german that get used with a definite article, like die Slowakei, die Turkei, die Schweiz.
also its funny cuz nobody gets mad at the germans for saying “die Ukraine”. In fact theres a bunch of country names in german that get used with a definite article, like die Slowakei, die Turkei, die Schweiz.