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/

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    I'm ridin' through Niu-York (Skrrt-skrrt, bang, bang)

    Finna go and shoot Kharkiv up (Bang, bang, bang, bang)

    Tryna take my chain, I ain't goin' (I ain't goin', removed)

    We gon' come and blow Kharkiv up (Bang, bang, bang, bang)