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Peking, Bombay, Upper Volta, Rhodesia and Burma have all managed to make the transition - and with more than a simple tweak to the transliteration to boot. So I
by to3m 10y ago
Peking, Bombay, Upper Volta, Rhodesia and Burma have all managed to make the transition - and with more than a simple tweak to the transliteration to boot. So I don't see why we can't manage the same with Kiev?
Random article: http://www.businessinsider.com/kiev-or-kyiv-2014-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/kiev-or-kyiv-2014-1
- free652 10y agoKyiv, Kyyiv or whatever is freaking impossible to pronounce for an English speaker. Should have gone with Kiiv, much easier to pronounce and somewhat closer to Ukrainian pronunciation.
- flukus 10y agoWe're still working on writing English cities in English, Gloucester, Leicester, etc.
- _q1cj 10y agoMassachusetts is definitely still working on this... haha