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well, sure, it's not uncommon even for ppl who speak the same language and use the same letters to pronounce things differently. the point is I don't think Lat
by ChemicalWarfare 9y ago
well, sure, it's not uncommon even for ppl who speak the same language and use the same letters to pronounce things differently.
the point is I don't think Latin vs Cyrillic in Poland's case was driven by Polish language phonetics per se. I would venture to guess this had more to do with political/religious affiliations etc.
- danielam 9y agoAbsolutely. Mieszko I chose to convert himself and his realm to the Roman faith for both political and religious reasons. Had he chosen to accept Christianity from the East (remember, this was pre-schism), it would have entailed the adoption of Cyrillic.