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.

  • Hexboare [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    English speakers are naturally suspicious of the letter a - is it the a as in "snake", "apple", "father", "ball" or "many".

    • Nocturne Dragonite@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      But like.....e?????? It sounds like some cracker tried to pronounce the word and didn't bother saying it right so they just called it that