Westoids have suddenly started saying /kiv/, which alone makes me want to say /kiːɛv/, like my parents always said.
Neither is even the endonym, which is more like /kɪjiu̯/
Westoids have suddenly started saying /kiv/, which alone makes me want to say /kiːɛv/, like my parents always said.
Neither is even the endonym, which is more like /kɪjiu̯/
In Denmark they also changed over to the lib spelling of Kiev in 2022 but nobody told journalists about a new pronunciation so they pronounce it the same way they have always done.