Kevin_Sorbet [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 3 years agoLibs stumbling into renaming the capitals of their imperial subjects “Mumbai” and shitimagemessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up191
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minus-squarejack [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear18·3 years agoYeah, the actual Ukrainian pronunciation doesn't work in English phonology. We can't do it without a bunch of practice and effort. So it's all just approximations. link
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]hexbear15·3 years agoThe funniest thing is that closest approximation to both Ukrainian and Russian pronunciation is the same. link
Yeah, the actual Ukrainian pronunciation doesn't work in English phonology. We can't do it without a bunch of practice and effort. So it's all just approximations.
The funniest thing is that closest approximation to both Ukrainian and Russian pronunciation is the same.