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